Readers may remember my note on how The Epoch Times managed to get itself banned from Facebook. It appears that being banned is not taken seriously by the Trump cultists at The Epoch Times:
Facebook removed hundreds of accounts on Thursday from a foreign troll farm posing as African-Americans in support of Donald Trump and QAnon supporters. It also removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to conservative media outlet The Epoch Times that pushed pro-Trump conspiracy theories about coronavirus and protests in the U.S.
Facebook took down the accounts as part of its enforcement against coordinated inauthentic behavior, which is the use of fake accounts to inflate the reach of content or products on social media. [NBC News]
I try not to be naive, but I am disappointed in The Epoch Times at this moment. No doubt, this’ll pass, and they’ll recede back to the junk heap where I metaphorically throw all of the Trump-boosting media sites that cannot be troubled with considering the damage Trump has done and can still do to the nation.
But let’s not mince words: The Epoch Times has committed blatant fraud. It may not be financial, but it remains deliberate misrepresentation for purposes of manipulating the naive. In my mind, that destroys any value The Epoch Times may have as a news source, and I encourage my readers to avoid The Epoch Times. It would appear that my first impression,
I also surveyed [The Epoch Times] site very briefly; it was painfully pro-Trump. I read a couple of columns, which were written in what has become the traditional and magisterial conservative style, Don’t bother me with the facts, I’m handing down wisdom from on high. I had no patience for that.
is sadly very accurate. Here’s a letter I should probably send them.
To: The Epoch Times,
Guys, endorsing a chronic liar is a mug’s game. Look at what you’ve been enticed into doing.
Why are you mugs?
H. White
