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Bethania Palma

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."

Was Donald Trump 'Ordered' to Stay Away from Barbara Bush's Funeral?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 20, 2018

According to the White House, the President did not attend the former First Lady's funeral to av ...

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Alex Jones

Sandy Hook Parents Sue Conspiracy Troll Alex Jones for Defamation

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 17, 2018

For years, Jones and his conspiracy-mongering network InfoWars have trolled grieving parents, ac ...

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Sean Hannity.

Was Sean Hannity Outed as Michael Cohen's Client by the Deep State?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 16, 2018

Shortly after revelations that the popular Fox News host was a client of President Trump's embat ...

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Klan members holding a Confederate flag.

Is the KKK Tax-Exempt as a Religious Organization?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 12, 2018

Unfortunately, some hate groups do currently enjoy tax-exempt status.

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Tattered Syrian Arab Republic flag.

Disinformation and Conspiracy Trolling in the Wake of the Syrian Chemical Attack

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 12, 2018

Kremlin propaganda led to questions and charges that an attack in the city of Douma that killed ...

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Zuckerberg: It's 'Entirely Possible' Cambridge Analytica Activities Overlapped With Indicted Russian Firm

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 10, 2018

Legal troubles continue to mount for the embattled psychographics firm as Facebook's chief execu ...

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Pile of buttons reading "VOTE."

Does the U.S. Have Millions More Registered Voters Than Eligible Adults?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 9, 2018 (Updated: April 10, 2018)

A persistent claim about widespread voter fraud is based on problematic tallies of registered an ...

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Was a Marine Told He Can't Fly U.S. and Marine Corps Flags at the Same Time?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 6, 2018

A meme circulating on social media is based on a years-old dispute over a retirement community's ...

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Crime scene tape

Did a 'Muslima' Nurse Practitioner Decapitate Her Son Because of Her Religion?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 6, 2018

The motive in a brutal upstate New York murder is not yet known, but police said they found no i ...

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Artist's rendering of water molecults.

Is the EPA Banning Manmade Snow Due to High Concentrations of Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 5, 2018

An apparent April Fool's prank had some readers worried.

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Christopher Wiley, Cambridge Analytica and Facebook whistleblower.

Did Facebook Suspend the Account of the Whistleblower Who Exposed Cambridge Analytica?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 4, 2018

The social media giant suspended Christopher Wylie's account after he went public with accusatio ...

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Is Disney Building a Massive $6.5 Billion Resort in Toronto Islands?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 3, 2018

An April Fool's Day joke was the source of a rumor about a new Disney location.

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Was the 'March for Our Lives' Permit Application Made Months Before the Parkland Shooting?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 3, 2018

A viral story based entirely on a misunderstanding falsely insinuates that the Marjory Stoneman ...

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Was Al Sharpton's Brother Arrested for Murder After Speaking at a March for Our Lives Rally?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 30, 2018

Kenneth Glasgow has been accused of driving the car when his passenger shot and killed a woman.

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Links Between Gulf Crisis and Trump Campaign Operatives Emerge

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 28, 2018

A British defense contractor linked to embattled psychographics firm Cambridge Analytica was hir ...

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Did David Hogg Attend a California High School?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 26, 2018

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor turned gun-control activist has been ...

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Did the Obama Campaign Employ the Same Tactics as Cambridge Analytica?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 22, 2018

Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to ackn ...

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Screenshot of "likes" on Facebook

Cambridge Analytica Parent Company Banned By Facebook Has Contract With State Department

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 20, 2018

SCL Group has been contracted by the State Department's Global Engagement Center to research ter ...

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Aisle view of commercial airline interior with passengers.

Was Flight MH370 Found with an Eerie Black Box Recording Saying: "SOS, They Are Not Human"?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 19, 2018

An Internet hoax links missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 with — what else? — aliens.

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Are McDonald's Restaurants Flipping Their Iconic Golden Arches Upside Down for Women's Day?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 8, 2018

The fast food chain is celebrating International Women's Day by turning its iconic golden arches ...

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