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by erikpl 1302 days ago
Media Bias Fact Check describes it as a very right-biased outlet with questionable factuality. They are also categorized as "right-biased" by Ground News, "right-leaning" by AllSides and "far-right" by Wikipedia. Maybe not the best source for neutral and factual news coverage?
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The YouTube ads they used to run (maybe still do, I’ve started paying to avoid ads) were painfully partisan.
It's a Falun Gong outlet. Its views are their views.

IMHO it never makes sense to measure media's bias from right to left but it makes even less sense when the power center they represent is so obvious.

It's like arguing whether RT is conservative because they like Trump or liberal because they are skeptical of Israel. RT is simply pro Russia above all and will turn on a dime on any issue if it serves their core master.

Any hard evidence for the claim that Epoch is a Falun Gong outlet vs. the actual case that its one of the best objective news reporting currently available? For the latter claim, read the stories and compare to the "truth" that eventually comes out on things. They are always reporting factually as it happens, whether they like what happens or not.
Curious about the leanings of the Media Bias Fact Check, Ground News, AllSides and that Wikipedia assessment?

Epoch Times is the most objective news outlet I've been able to find - actually reporting the news for what it is. Not censoring out stories it doesn't like, etc. If anyone knows of a more objective outlet, please let me know.