Grift, Disinfo, Fraud? What happened at The Epoch Times?
Jun 11, 2024•26 min
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Episode description
We dive into the wild story behind The Epoch Times, a fringe conservative newspaper turned right-wing propaganda machine with ties to a mysterious dissident Chinese meditation movement.
What are its aims? How did it become one of the biggest pro-Trump ad spenders and a destination for the likes of Candace Owens and Conrad Black?
And what will happen now that its CFO is charged in a $67-million money laundering scandal.
NBC disinfo reporter Brandy Zadrozny explains.
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