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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."

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Did a Boeing Jetliner Make a 90-Degree Climb During Takeoff at an Air Show?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Dec. 6, 2017

Although a jetliner was captured on video climbing steeply, it was probably not ascending at an ...

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Are These Images of Tortured Nigerian Slaves in Libya?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Dec. 4, 2017

Although gruesome photographs were misrepresented by a Nigerian politician, men from sub-Saharan ...

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Los Angeles Alt-Weekly Staff Abruptly Gutted Immediately After Sale

Written by: Bethania Palma

Dec. 1, 2017

No explanation has been offered as to why the LA Weekly's reporters and editors were laid off.

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Did Congress Use a 'Slush Fund' to Pay $17 Million to Women They Sexually Harassed?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 30, 2017

Although the term "slush fund" signals secret money stashed for illicit purposes, Congress has a ...

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Were Hate Crime Charges Against 'BLM Kidnappers' Dropped?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 29, 2017

Hate crime charges were not dropped, and there is no evidence any of the suspects are associated ...

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Does the Amish Community Own 20 Percent of American Puppy Mills?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 28, 2017

The Amish do breed dogs for sale, but the portion of commercial kennels they own is not known.

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Fox News Mistakenly Reports President Jimmy Carter's Death

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 27, 2017

The 93-year-old former president is not only alive and well but has remained active.

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Is Shenandoah National Park Selling Trump Wines?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 23, 2017

A private company that runs concessions at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia has been selling ...

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Was Roy Moore Banned from a Shopping Mall for Harassing Teen Girls?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 17, 2017

Mall representatives say they don't have records from the time frame in question.

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Georgia Lawmakers Preparing to Axe Paperless Voting Systems After Post-Election Controversy

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 16, 2017

The state had been using completely paperless voting machines, prompting a lawsuit alleging that ...

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Was a Woman Attacked on Camera for Wearing a 'Make America Great Again' Hat in Hollywood?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 14, 2017

YouTube personality Blaire White initiated a confrontation at an anti-Trump protest, according t ...

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Four Pastors Say They Didn't Approve Letter Supporting Roy Moore Amid Sexual Abuse Reports

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 14, 2017

The letter was re-posted by Moore's wife after allegations of sexual abuse emerged in November 2017.

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Did a Woman Say the Washington Post Offered Her $1,000 to Accuse Roy Moore of Sexual Abuse?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 13, 2017

A conspiratorial web site shared a story based solely on unsourced tweets claiming the venerable ...

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Did an Elderly Woman Train 65 Cats to Steal from Her Neighbors?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 9, 2017

A "news" article reported that an elderly woman had succeeded in herding cats.

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Racist Graffiti Hoax Causes Outrage at Kansas State University

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 8, 2017

An African-American man painted racist language on his car as a Halloween prank that law enforce ...

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Has Tony Podesta Been Arrested in the Mueller Investigation?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 7, 2017

Notorious fake news sites falsely reported the Democratic lobbyist had been taken into custody.

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Men Hailed as Heroes for Chasing Texas Church Shooter

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 6, 2017

Two locals chased Devin Kelley as he tried to flee the scene of the Sutherland Springs church sh ...

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Did Seven 'Key Witnesses' to Las Vegas Shooting Die Under 'Suspicious Circumstances'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 3, 2017

A conspiratorial web site is falsely insinuating the deaths of several Las Vegas shooting witnes ...

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Did a Children's Textbook Say Canada's First Nations 'Agreed' to Make Room for European Settlers?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Nov. 1, 2017

Sections of the book cast the forced displacement of an indigenous American Indian community as ...

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Did Jared Kushner Go to Saudi Arabia Because it Doesn't Have an Extradition Treaty With the US?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 31, 2017

Kushner departed for a surprise trip to Saudi Arabia as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team wa ...

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