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THE EPOCH TIMES

AllSides Media Bias Rating™: Lean Right
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The bias meter value for The Epoch Times is 2.50. -6 is the furthest "Left"
value and 6 is the furthest "Right" value.
2.50

Lean Right What does this mean? AllSides Media Bias Meter™

How we determined this rating:

 * Independent Review
 * Editorial Review: Aug 2020, Aug 2019
 * Community Feedback:  24,032 ratings
 * Blind Survey: May 2022, Aug 2020
 * AllSides has high confidence in this bias rating.

Unless otherwise noted, this bias rating refers only to online news coverage,
not TV, print, or radio content.

Learn about our bias rating methods

The Epoch Times Bias Rating Lean Right Type News Media Region National Owner
Epoch Media Group Established 2000 Website theepochtimes.com Twitter @EpochTimes
Facebook epochtimes Wikipedia The Epoch Times

What a Lean Right Bias Rating Means

The source displays media bias in ways that moderately align with conservative,
traditional, libertarian, or right-wing thought and/or policy agendas.

Learn more about Lean Right ratings
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Contents
 1. About The Epoch Times's Bias Rating
 2. What a "Lean Right" Rating Means
 3. Bias Reviews
 4. Community Feedback
 5. Confidence Level
 6. Additional Information
 7. Ownership & Funding
 8. Articles from The Epoch Times


ABOUT THE EPOCH TIMES'S BIAS RATING

The Epoch Times is featured on the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.

The Epoch Times is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of
Lean Right.


WHAT A "LEAN RIGHT" RATING MEANS

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Right display media bias in
ways that moderately align with conservative, traditional, libertarian, or
right-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Right bias is a moderately
conservative rating on the political spectrum.

Learn more about Lean Right ratings


BIAS REVIEWS

We use multiple methods to analyze sources. Learn how we rate media bias.
 * The Epoch Times Bias Rated Lean Right in May 2022 AllSides Blind Bias Survey
 * The Epoch Times Bias Rated Between Center and Lean Right in Aug. 2020
   AllSides Blind Bias Survey
 * AllSides Moves The Epoch Times Bias to Lean Right following Aug. 2020
   Editorial Review
   * Reporting Absent Many Types of Bias
   * Lean Right Story Choice
   * Anti-Chinese Communist Party Bias
 * Past AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ for The Epoch Times and Community Feedback
 * Aug. 2019 Editorial Review: Epoch Times Rated Right




THE EPOCH TIMES BIAS RATED LEAN RIGHT IN MAY 2022 ALLSIDES BLIND BIAS SURVEY

The Epoch Times was rated Lean Right by people across the political spectrum in
the May 2022 AllSides Blind Bias Survey.

On average, respondents who self-reported being on the left rated The Epoch
Times as Right. Respondents in the Center and on the right rated The Epoch Times
as Lean Right. 

Democrats rated The Epoch Times as Right, on average, while Independents and
Republicans rated The Epoch Times as Lean Right.

A total of 881 people from across the political spectrum rated the bias of The
Epoch Times. The weighted average was 2.58, which is in the Lean Right category.
The middle 50% of responses lied between -0.02 (Center) and 4.13 (Right).





During a Blind Bias Survey, people from all sides of the political spectrum and
a diverse array of ages and geographic locations rate the bias of content from a
media outlet blindly, meaning all identifying branding information is
removed. Sign up for a Blind Bias Survey here.




THE EPOCH TIMES BIAS RATED BETWEEN CENTER AND LEAN RIGHT IN AUG. 2020 BLIND BIAS
SURVEY

On average, people from across the political spectrum rated the bias of The
Epoch Times as between Center and Lean Right in our Aug. 2020 Blind Bias Survey,
though closer to Center. Pluralities across all groups of survey respondents —
conservatives, centrists and liberals alike — rated The Epoch Times as Center.

On average, people who self-reported a Center or Lean Right bias rated The Epoch
Times as Center, while people who rated their own bias as Lean Left, Left, or
Right on average found it to be just between Lean Right and Center.

This discrepancy of rating from the survey results (Center-Lean Right) and the
AllSides Media Bias Rating of The Epoch Times at the time (Right) prompted the
team to conduct a full Editorial Review, which ultimately resulted in us moving
The Epoch Times from a Right to a Lean Right bias rating in Aug. 2020.



65% of all survey respondents rated The Epoch Times as Center. (Normalized
data).



Pluralities across all groups of survey respondents rated The Epoch Times as
Center. On average, people who self-reported a Center or Lean Right bias rated
The Epoch Times as Center, while people who rated their own bias as Lean Left,
Left, or Right on average found The Epoch Times to be just between Lean Right
and Center.




THE EPOCH TIMES BIAS RATED LEAN RIGHT IN AUG. 2020 EDITORIAL REVIEW

An AllSides Editorial Review of The Epoch Times took place on August 27, 2020 as
the result of seeing the data from the Aug. 2020 Blind Bias Survey. AllSides
concluded The Epoch Times’s Media Bias Rating is Lean Right.

An Editorial Review is when the AllSides team, which includes an equal number of
people from the Left, Center and Right of the political spectrum, reviews the
works of a source, looks for common types of media bias, and comes to a general
consensus on its bias. For the most part, the AllSides team, which includes
people across the political spectrum, concluded that the Epoch Times has a Lean
Right bias, mostly revealed via story choice.

AllSides looked at The Epoch Times’ content over six months. We found the
newspaper to be absent many common types of media bias.




AUG. 2020 EDITORIAL REVIEW: THE EPOCH TIMES REPORTING ABSENT MANY TYPES OF BIAS

The Epoch Times did several things right in its reporting. Multiple AllSides
panelists noted that the publication did a good job of citing multiple sources
across the political spectrum and of using full quotes in its reporting — not
snippets or phrases taken out of context. The publication did not display common
types of media bias such as spin, sensationalism, opinion presented as fact,
unsubstantiated claims, flawed logic, or omission of source attribution. In
today’s increasingly polarized media landscape, the panel agreed it was good to
see Epoch Times journalists presenting full quotes from both sides of the aisle
in order to present a fair and balanced story.

One team member noted The Epoch Times always used the word “said” or “told
reporters,” and avoided common spin words and phrases that confer judgement upon
the speaker, such as, “admitted,” “tirade,” “refused to say,” “conceded,” or
“bragged.” Much of The Epoch Times’ reporting was balanced; its right bias was
mostly displayed via story choice.




AUG. 2020 EDITORIAL REVIEW: LEAN RIGHT STORY CHOICE

Members of the AllSides team from the Center, Left and Right found that The
Epoch Times had a slight conservative lean in its story choice.

The publication typically covered stories generally of interest to people on the
right and showed conservatives in a positive light, and covered stories that
show the left in a more negative light.

The Epoch Times is somewhat transparent about its values and bias: its tagline
is “truth and tradition,” and traditional ideals are typically associated with
conservatives. Example: While coverage of President Trump focused around Trump's
accomplishments, coverage of Former Vice President Biden focused on a communist
party leader endorsing him.




ANTI-CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY BIAS

The AllSides panel noted that The Epoch Times had a clear anti-Chinese Communist
Party and anti-communist bias. It’s worth noting the anti-Chinese Communist
Party bias is linked to The Epoch Times’ history. The publication was founded in
2000 by John Tang, who was affiliated with the Falun Gong religious movement,
which has been heavily persecuted in China. Tang founded the website as a
response to the persecution of the religious group within mainland China.

The Epoch Times labeled the COVID-19 coronavirus as the “CCP virus,” or “Chinese
Communist Party virus,” and in March 2020 its editorial board wrote an op-ed
explaining the decision and urging other publications to join them. The Epoch
Times said it chose this name to “distinguish the victims from the victimizer.
The people of Wuhan and of China are the victims of the CCP’s arrogance and
incompetence, expressed in this viral pandemic.” The editorial board continued:

> “...the CCP virus reminds the people of the world that the source of the virus
> is itself evil. This is a communist virus, and with the name CCP virus, The
> Epoch Times reminds the world of the cure: ending the CCP.” Most newsrooms
> have consistently referred to the virus as COVID-19 or coronavirus. The Epoch
> Times’ break from this in favor of “CCP virus”shows a clear focus on and
> critique of Chinese communism, as well as countries with close ties to the
> nation, which amounts to a viewpoint and a bias.

Some AllSides team members noted that being critical of China is not necessarily
a liberal or conservative position — people on either side may be critical of
China. However, it can also be argued that an anti-Chinese communist bias is
becoming a view typically associated with conservatives or traditionalists.
While the website covers news from all across the world, AllSides team members
noticed a clear focus on China, with “China” being a subsection on The Times’
homepage. One team member on the Left noted seeing advertisements for a
documentary about how the Chinese Communist Party censored Coronavirus coverage,
as well as a petition on The Epoch Times’ homepage to reject the communist
party.

In sum, The Epoch Times bias leaned to the right as of Aug. 2020, yet was absent
many types of media bias.




PAST ALLSIDES MEDIA BIAS RATINGS™ OF THE EPOCH TIMES AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

In July 2019, AllSides gave an initial bias rating for The Epoch Times as Lean
Right, following an independent review by an AllSides staffer. Following an
editorial review in Aug. 2019, AllSides rated The Epoch Times as Right. As of
early August 2020, 1,482 AllSides community members who voted in disagreement
with our Right rating on average indicated they saw The Epoch Times as Lean
Right.




AUGUST 2019 EDITORIAL REVIEW: THE EPOCH TIMES RATED RIGHT

On August 28, 2019, AllSides conducted an Editorial Review of The Epoch Times.
An Editorial Review is when the AllSides expert panel — which includes people
from across the political spectrum — reviews the works of a source and comes to
a general consensus on its bias. These reviews always include a diversity of
individuals covering the range of bias from left to right. The team determined
The Epoch Times had a Right media bias.

The AllSides team found The Epoch Times was clearly critical of left-wing ideas
and policies such as open borders, the sexual revolution, abortion, and
multiculturalism on its news and opinion pages. It wrote favorably about freedom
of speech, gun rights, immigration control, and other topics. It was openly
critical of the Chinese Communist Party.

During the Aug. 2019 Editorial Review, The AllSides team found The Epoch Times
did not employ much spin, another type of media bias, as evidenced by the paper
providing full coverage of Democratic policies and proposals and quoting people
on the left in full in its reporting. For example, an article about 2020
presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's comments on abortion included the
politician's comments in full, not phrases or short snippets. Likewise, AllSides
noted that The Epoch Times often quoted President Trump in full and with
accuracy, devoting multiple paragraphs to feature his comments in their
entirety. This was in stark contrast to many U.S. media outlets, which quoted
only small portions or phrases of politicians' comments, in order to spin the
story, often in a misleading way.

AllSides found The Epoch Times sometimes framed stories with right viewpoints —
for example, in an article detailing the Southern Poverty Law Center's lawsuit
over immigrant detentions, The Epoch Times led the story with a few paragraphs
highlighting right criticisms of the SPLC, without attributing the criticisms to
a specific group or individual (omission of source attribution).

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COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

Feedback does not determine ratings, but may trigger deeper review.

As of November 2023, 24,032 people have voted on the AllSides Media Bias Rating
for The Epoch Times. On average, those who disagree with our rating think this
source has a Lean Right bias.


CONFIDENCE LEVEL

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency
of data.

As of November 2023, AllSides has high confidence in our Lean Right rating for
The Epoch Times. Two or more bias reviews have affirmed this rating or the
source is transparent about bias.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Epoch Times, published by The Epoch Times Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization. On its website, it says it is "dedicated to seeking the
truth through insightful and independent journalism." According to The Epoch
Times, it is the largest Chinese-language newspaper outside of Mainland China
and Taiwan. The English edition of The Epoch Times launched in September 2003 on
the web, and in August 2004 as a newspaper in New York.


THE EPOCH TIMES' SELF-DESRIBED ANTI-COMMUNIST BIAS

Just before the Nov. 2020 presidential election, The Epoch Times Editorial Board
published a piece stating that the publication would continue its tradition of
not endorsing any political candidate, and that it stands strongly against
communism and in favor of a "traditional culture [that] helps humanity to
flourish." Epoch Times wrote in part:

> "We believe that traditional culture helps humanity to flourish. The beginning
> of the Declaration of Independence famously says, “We hold these truths to be
> self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
> creator with certain unalienable rights."
> 
> When we understand ourselves as created by God, we have in our common origin a
> basis for unity and fellow feeling. Compassion flows naturally to those who
> share the same origins. Within a divine creation are implicit standards for
> how we should treat one another, and these guide and shape our societies. In
> the case of the Declaration, these are “unalienable rights,” which guarantee
> individuals’ rights to life and liberty.
> 
> When we seek to understand ourselves in light of the divine, we necessarily
> look upward, measuring ourselves by the highest standards. We experience both
> humility and gratitude, and the aspiration to live up to our beginnings.
> 
> Recently, the concept of socialism has become increasingly popular in the
> United States. Socialism is the initial stage of communism. As Vladimir Lenin
> stated, “The goal of socialism is communism.”
> 
> Communism is antithetical to traditional culture; it degrades and divides
> humanity. For every country in the world that has followed its path, despair
> has followed.
> 
> The most prominent communist party in the world today is the Chinese Communist
> Party (CCP).
> 
> It teaches atheism, materialism, and a philosophy of struggle. While
> traditional culture uplifts humanity by pointing toward God, communism denies
> divinity. Instead, it reduces human beings to their atoms, providing no basis
> for unity or morality."

In July 2019, The Epoch Times' About page explicitly stated it had an
anti-communist bias and stood for traditional values and awareness of virtues.

> "We stand against the systematic destruction of traditional culture by
> destructive ideologies such as communism, which continues to harm societies
> around the world," it read. "We are inspired in this mission by our own
> experience. The Epoch Times was founded in 2000 to bring honest and uncensored
> news to people oppressed by the lies and violence of communism. Fulfilling
> this mission is our passion and our greatest honor."
> 
> "Having witnessed events like Tiananmen Square and the persecution of the
> spiritual group Falun Gong, and at a great risk to themselves and their loved
> ones, a group of Chinese-Americans started publishing The Epoch Times in
> Chinese in May 2000 in New York City," its website read. "Some reporters in
> China were jailed, and some suffered severe torture. Yet despite the risks,
> they could see the growing need for uncensored coverage of events in China."

As of Aug. 2020, the Epoch Times' About page no longer included this specific
language, instead reading in part, "The Epoch Times was founded in the United
States in the year 2000 in response to communist repression and censorship in
China. Our founders, Chinese-Americans who themselves had fled communism, sought
to create an independent media to bring the world uncensored and truthful
information."


THIRD PARTY CLAIMS OF BIAS, MISINFORMATION

Factcheck.org (Center bias) has accused the Epoch Times of spreading false
information about the COVID-19 vaccines multiple times.

In 2020, the New York Times (Lean Left bias) called the Epoch Times a "leading
purveyor of right-wing misinformation."

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THE EPOCH TIMES OWNERSHIP AND FUNDING

Funding and ownership do not influence bias ratings. We rate the bias of content
only.

Owner: Epoch Media Group

The Epoch Times and theepochtimes.com were founded in 2000 by John Tang and
other Chinese Americans affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement
“in response to communist repression and censorship in China.” The Epoch Times
is owned by Epoch Media Group. The Epoch Media group owns the New Tang Dynasty
TV station as well. John Tang is the CEO of the Epoch Times. 

Financing and ownership information last updated March 31, 2021. If you think
this information is out of date or needs to be updated, please contact us.


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