Not super surprising. I figured it was just the plaything of a couple rich Chinese expats. Never let a good slush fund go to waste, am I right?
They did this, too:
The Epoch Times directed millions of dollars in advertising toward supporting President Donald Trump’s campaign and published dozens of articles parroting his lies about the election — resulting in huge growth to its audience and its coffers.
No shit, it’s run by the Falun Gong, not exactly the bastion of free and unbiased reporting, lmao. How does anyone think they make money off a free newspaper dumped all over rural areas? xD
I’ve got bad news about other Falun Gong ventures such as Shen Yun, too, hahah.
What the hell is it? There’s a giant billboard in town that just says something like #1 trusted source and has some guys picture I don’t recognize and… that’s it.
It’s part of the media wing of a cult. Shen Yun is another part of it that a lot of people are familiar with - they perform all over the place doing “ancient Chinese dance” (which was invented in the 1950s). Epoch Times is the “news” piece. It’s all propaganda.
Holy shit just looked this up. Unbelievable lol some scientology shit
Scientology with Chinese characteristics
Kind of like the moonies
Family went to Shen Yun once. First half was like, beautiful dancing. Then the second half, they basically locked the exit doors as some white guy got up on stage and started spouting the weirdest shit about a golden UFO and crazy political stuff. Shaved a few years off my family’s lives, wondering if they were gonna get out of the building or not, lol.
I did catch Shen Yun show once. I saw some dancing. What I have heard from everyone else is that my session was unusual and it’s usually loaded with politics.
Also I have a friend who holds dual citizenship and she told me the PRC takes pics of Chinese ethnic people who attend the shows and refuses to let them come back to the China, so she has never gone.
It’s such a weird situation.
They’re very popular in right-wing circles. They also give away their paper for free in boxes on street corners, so people will just pick it up for something to read.
Do you live in Denver or do they have those same billboards posted everywhere? I suppose it must work, if you’re an idiot. So it does work…
I have seen those posters in every remotely urban area I have ever been to in the US.
They’re in other states as well, if not all.
I always knew January 1st 1970 was a fucking lie
Anyone who didn’t know it was a Chinese owned propaganda factory was refusing to follow the money.
Its actually the opposite. Its a publication supporting the Falun Gong which the CCP vehemently hate.
I was too lazy to follow the money.
Do we have to follow it, like, all the way?
What exactly are you implying by Chinese owned? The epoch time has long been a tool of US foreign policy against China.
It’s a tool of Falun Gong. Falun Gong doesn’t like the Chinese government because of the crackdown on Falun Gong. That doesn’t make it a friend or tool of the United States.
Falun Gong believes a bunch of untrue things, but China also doesn’t allow free expression. They don’t just crack down on cults. They crack down on any dissent.
