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: 24.03

Bias: 16.54

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
Optimism Key to Exceptional Longevity	0	46
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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
US Military Confirms It Killed Senior Terrorist Official	4.33	43
House Committee Establishes Working Group to Counter China’s Control of Critical Mineral Supply Chains	0	42.67
China Tightens Export Control on Rare Earth Metals Amid Tensions With West	2.67	40
First-of-Its-Kind Study Explains Why Some People Don’t Get COVID-19	0	44
It Leaked From a US-Backed Lab	20	23
Senate Again Blocks Border Bill With Support Lost From Both Parties	5.67	40
Pelosi Attacker David DePape’s Lawyers Oppose Reopening of Sentencing Hearing, Allege New Court Error	0	44.33
Trump’s VP Pick: Who Brings the Most Value?	10.33	31
Tariff Hikes Another Strike on Chinese Regime’s ‘Green Industrialization’ Ambition	2.33	37.33
Reaping the Ignorance We Have Sown	11.33	26
Another Big Lie: Liberals Are More ‘Caring’ Than Conservatives	15	27.33
The CCP’s Hidden Role in Pro-Hamas Protests	18.67	30.33
What More Tariffs on Chinese Imports Mean for US	9.33	32.67
Conrad Black: University of Toronto Should Immediately Remove Encampment and Lay Charges Where Appropriate	10	30
DHS Admits Border Has Been Open to Criminals and Terrorists	10	32.67
Pro-Palestinian Protests on University Campuses: A Wake-Up Call for US, Israel	12.67	35.67
NRA Reaches Settlement With Washington AG Over Charitable Arm	0	44.67