A few weeks go I was approached by an Editor working for a newspaper based in New York city called The Epoch Times, who said he had been following my work, and asked me to write Op-Ed columns for his newspaper.
I had never heard of The Epoch Times, and so a little research was in order. This is a newspaper that publishes in 35 countries, in 23 languages, and boasts a subscription base (unaudited) of 1.3 million readers! Not small potatoes, as the saying goes.
You can read their statement about themselves here:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/about-us
The short story is that this newspaper was created at the beginning of this century by John Tang and a small group of Chinese businessmen who enjoy a practice known as Falun Gong. This was developed in 1992 and is a kind of exercise + meditation you can read about here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong
Falun Gong soon grew very popular, attracting about 70 million practitioners, and so was as soon persecuted by a worried Chinese Communist government. Communism is rooted in a purely materialist philosophy that denies all spiritual realities, and so Falun Gong was correctly seen as a threat to Communist ideology, simply by its existence.
Accordingly, this newspaper was organized primarily as an anti-communist/anti-totalitarian voice, but as you will see from their statement, and from their slogan “Truth and Tradition”, they consider themselves to be mainly an organization promoting truthful non-aligned journalism.
You can see one of my first two columns here:
This is going to be an interesting experience, and who knows where it will lead?
howdy, wonder how do you feel about Epoch times now, after the NBC news piece and the whole pro-trump fiasco?
Here is a reply to that article that is informative and puts the nbc report in some perspective at least
https://capitalresearch.org/article/nbc-news-fails-crc-fact-check-the-epoch-times-is-no-pro-trump-dark-money-operation/?fbclid=IwAR3vYcZG6llrGqoYrT9NLKIYJS2f1dt0qNQZP-liJ2eQ4h07nAeGD2CPuEo
It seems that those religious nuts have brain-washed you as well. Congratulations on joining the world of fake news. Have fun crafting laughable reports.
Keep up the good work William Gairdner, I read your book “The French Traveler” via inter library loan and purchased a copy for my private library. Brainwashed funny term by an indoctrinated bobble head speaking from others and not for self. Keep writing and speaking.