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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."

Paul Ryan

Is Paul Ryan 'Out' as Speaker of the House?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 26, 2017

Ryan has no plans to voluntarily leave his influential post, and it's unclear if any serious eff ...

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Mushroom cloud from bomb explosion

Did Evacuation Alarms Go Off in Pyongyang, North Korea Amid 'Nuke Fears'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 26, 2017

Disreputable web sites are falsely reporting that a 2015 video of a nighttime tsunami alert in C ...

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White House Refuses to Release Flynn Documents Amid House Oversight Committee Investigation

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 25, 2017

The committee is investigating whether the former National Security Advisor reported money he re ...

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Paris. March 26, 2017 - French elections 2017: Wall with scratched pictures of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Lepen

Is Russia-Backed 'Fake News' Now Being Used in French Elections?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 24, 2017

Experts caution that a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign thought to have been carried out d ...

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Jason Chaffetz with wife Julie Chaffetz.

Chaffetz to Resign Due to Sex and Russian Money Laundering Scandals?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 24, 2017

There is no proof that the Utah Republican is facing multiple looming scandals.

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Did Instagram Model Kristyna Martelli Die in Surgery?

Written by: Kim LaCapria Bethania Palma

April 24, 2017

Rumor: Instagram model Kristina Martelli (famous for her plastic surgeries) died during an elect ...

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Were Power Outages in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York Caused by Cyberattacks?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 22, 2017

The power outages did not take place simultaneously, and they appear to have been caused by phys ...

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Trump Tower

Did a Counterterrorism Expert Call For ISIS to Bomb a Trump Building?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 22, 2017

Malcolm Nance's tweet was taken out of context in a "viral game of telephone".

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Did Jeff Sessions Say He's Amazed a Judge 'On an Island in the Pacific' Can Block Executive Orders?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 20, 2017

The Trump administration's Attorney General expressed his amazement on a radio talk show.

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Donald Trump with children holding letter

Did the Trumps Invite Mostly White Children to the White House Easter Egg Roll?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 20, 2017

Three local public school districts that were invited to past Easter Egg Roll events were not in ...

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Calexit Leader Abruptly Quits Campaign to Live Full-Time in Russia

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 19, 2017

Louis Marinelli, leader of the Yes California ballot initiative announced his "personal struggle ...

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The word "blackmail" in focus

Does Russia Have 'Kompromat' on Jason Chaffetz?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 19, 2017

A claim that Russians have compromising information on Rep. Jason Chaffetz appears to be unfounded.

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Donald Trump at a podium

Trump 'Bullies' Boy by Tossing Hat at Easter Egg Roll?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 19, 2017

A second video from a different angle shows that the president tossed the hat back to the boy.

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Russia, U.S. Elections, and the Fake News Cycle

Written by: Brooke Binkowski Bethania Palma

April 18, 2017

How to walk the line between awareness and conspiracy theory.

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Melania Trump Reminds the President to Put His Hand Over His Heart?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 17, 2017

A video clip of the First Family celebrating Easter at the White House appears to show Melania s ...

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U.S to Launch Preemptive Strike on North Korea?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 13, 2017

A news outlet reported that the United States may strike North Korea to head off another missile ...

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North Korean flag with missile silhouettes.

Did North Korea Threaten to 'Nuke' U.S. 'If Even a Single Bullet Is Fired'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 13, 2017

The North Korean government apparently issued the warning, but it was not made in response to a ...

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Stack of newspapers showing News header

Did the News Media Report the Criminal History of the Wrong David Dao?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 12, 2017

We found no evidence that reports of Dao's past misidentified the doctor removed from the United ...

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Daily Mail headline on deleted Syria story

Did the Daily Mail Delete a Story Reporting the U.S. Planned to Blame Assad for 'False Flag' Chemical Attacks?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 12, 2017

The British tabloid did delete the 2013 story, but only because they were forced to admit it was ...

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Police barrier in Stockholm Sweden

Swedish Police Identify Suspect in Stockholm Truck Attack

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 11, 2017

Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, admitted in court to driving a truck in to pedestrians on a b ...

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