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Newspaper Run By Chinese End Times Cult Places Thousands Of Facebook Ads Supporting Trump 2020
Newspaper Run By Chinese End Times Cult Places Thousands Of Facebook Ads Supporting Trump 2020
August 20, 2019
NBC News reports:
August 20, 2019
NBC News reports:
By the numbers, there is no bigger advocate of President Donald Trump on Facebook than The Epoch Times. The small New York-based nonprofit news outlet has spent more than $1.5 million on about 11,000 pro-Trump advertisements in the last six months, according to data from Facebooks advertising archive more than any organization outside of the Trump campaign itself, and more than most Democratic presidential candidates have spent on their own campaigns.
Those video ads in which unidentified spokespeople thumb through a newspaper to praise Trump, peddle conspiracy theories about the Deep State, and criticize fake news media strike a familiar tone in the online conservative news ecosystem. The Epoch Times looks like many of the conservative outlets that have gained followings in recent years. But it isnt. Behind the scenes, the media outlets ownership and operation is closely tied to Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual community with the stated goal of taking down Chinas government.
David Fahrenthold Retweeted
New from me + @brandyzadrozny:
The Epoch Times is the largest pro-Trump spender on Facebook.
It's run by a religious sect that believes judgment day, which sends those they label communists to Hell, is 30 years lateand that Trump is making it happen
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Newspaper Run By Chinese End Times Cult Places Thousands Of Facebook Ads Supporting Trump 2020 (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2019
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Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper Furious At Piece Calling Them Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2019
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oswaldactedalone
(3,490 posts)1. Click those ads repeatedly
To make them pay for the clicks.
Maven
(10,533 posts)2. They are advertising on DU also. nt
Cicada
(4,533 posts)3. They have at least six English channels on you tube, many in other languages
They all slavishly push the Trump party line. They never reveal they are funded and controlled by Falun Gong. Any Falun Gong member caught in China is jailed. China oppresses them for no good reason but their secret propaganda outlets are creepy.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)4. Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper Furious At Piece Calling Them Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper
Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper Furious At "Hit Piece" Calling Them Pro-Trump Chinese Cult Newspaper - https://www.joemygod.com/2019/08/pro-trump-chinese-cult-newspaper-furious-at-hit-piece-calling-them-pro-trump-chinese-cult-newspaper/
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,450 posts)5. Same bunch who peddle their stupid Shen Yun shows everywhere
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)7. Ohhhhhhhh, is that who's doing that? Thanks. NT
dalton99a
(81,450 posts)8. Yep
https://www.theepochtimes.com/shen-yun-an-absolute-must-see-and-just-perfection_2781125.html
Shen Yun an Absolute Must-See and Just Perfection
January 27, 2019
The Epoch Times considers Shen Yun Performing Arts the significant cultural event of our time and has covered audience reactions since the companys inception in 2006.
dalton99a
(81,450 posts)6. Epoch Times breaking news:
LessAspin
(1,152 posts)9. Epoch Times photographer handing folder to Trump
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)10. Chris Hayes had this topic on his show tonight.
Rachel Maddow is covering it now as well.