Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates The Epoch Times in the Strong Right category of bias and as Mixed Reliability/Opinion OR Other Issues in terms of reliability. The Epoch Times is an international newspaper founded in 2000 by Chinese-Americans who had fled Communism in China. It is published online in 22 languages and in 36 countries. Based in New York City, it is owned by the Epoch Media Group. It publishes in both print and online around the world.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for The Epoch Times according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 24.64

Bias: 16.22

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart^®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL	Bias	Reliability
Here’s Who Could Be in Trump’s Cabinet	0	42
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Rick Scott Garners Endorsements From Trump Allies in GOP Senate Leadership Race	0.67	44
Republicans Gain Early-Vote Leads in at Least 4 Battleground States: Election Lab	13.67	36.33
Trump and Harris: A Policy Comparison	0	38
Iowa 3rd Congressional District Candidates Talk Inflation, Immigration, Abortion in Debate	0	42.33
Trump Sets Late October Rally at Madison Square Garden	1	42.67
New York’s 3rd Congressional District Candidates Clash Over Crime, Migration, Taxes in Debate	1.33	45
DeSantis Responds to Claims FEMA Can Keep People From Their Homes	2	39.67
Meet the Candidate: Paula Kay Runs for New York State’s 100th Assembly District	0	45.67
Floridians Scurry to Prepare for Second Hurricane Hit in Two Weeks	0	47.67
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Asks Governor for Clemency	0	44.67
Fed Slashes Interest Rates by Half a Percentage Point, First Cut in 4 Years	1	48.67
Facts, Figures, and the Potential Solution to Lowering Crime in Queensland: Expert Weighs In	-0.67	45.33
Transport Union May Drop Costly Action in Exchange for 50 Cent Public Transport Fares	0	44.33
Trump Holds New York Rally, First Since 2nd Assassination Attempt	6.67	43.33
Optimism Key to Exceptional Longevity	0	46
Social Security Is Simplifying Supplemental Security Income Applications	0	46.33
US, China Planning for Next Leaders’ Call in ‘Coming Weeks:’ White House	0	47.33
Top US Adviser in Beijing Amid Military, Economic Tensions	0	47.67
Why Federal Budget Cuts Are So Hard	9	35.67
2 Men Plead Guilty to Acting as Illegal Chinese Agents in Plot Against Falun Gong	0	45.33
FDA Issues Alert About Overdosing on Weight-Loss Drug After Some Take 5 to 20 Times the Intended Dose	0	45
Workers Cope With Heat Wave That Blankets Northeast, Southwest	0	44.67