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==Mainstream media smear campaign==

==Mainstream media smear campaign==

In August 2019, [[NBC]] and [[MSNBC]] began a smear campaign slandering ''The Epoch Times''. It published textbook [[fake news]] articles complete with claims from "unnamed" (i.e. non-existent) sources without providing any evidence about the organization, as well as dismissing the ''Epoch Times''<nowiki>'</nowiki> reporting of the Spygate scandal as a "conspiracy theory" without providing any factual rebuttal, take it a step further when [[Rachel Maddow]]  showed footage from an unrelated YouTube show about conspiracy theories, claiming that was content produced by The Epoch Times. NBC also reiterated propaganda talking points made by the Chinese Communist party on the [[Falun Gong]] spiritual practice banned in China, while downplaying the scale of the regime's crackdown on the practice.<ref name='capitalresearch'/><ref>{{cite news |title=Why NBC, MSNBC’s Reporting on The Epoch Times Is Textbook Fake News |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-nbc-msnbcs-reporting-on-the-epoch-times-is-textbook-fake-news_3051327.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=22 August 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title=Epoch Times Statement in Response to NBC Facebook Stories |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/epoch-times-statement-in-response-to-nbc-facebook-stories_3053492.html |accessdate=7 October 2019 |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gregory |first1=Stephen |title=Opinion {{!}} NBC News Smears a Competitor |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nbc-news-smears-a-competitor-11566947297?mod=rsswn |work=WSJ}}</ref>

In August 2019, [[NBC]] and [[MSNBC]] began a smear campaign slandering ''The Epoch Times''. It published textbook [[fake news]] articles complete with claims from "unnamed" (i.e. non-existent) sources without providing any evidence about the organization, as well as dismissing the ''Epoch Times''<nowiki>'</nowiki> reporting of the Spygate scandal as a "conspiracy theory" without providing any factual rebuttal, take it a step further when [[Rachel Maddow]]  showed footage from an unrelated YouTube show about conspiracy theories, claiming that was content produced by ''The Epoch Times''. NBC also reiterated propaganda talking points made by the Chinese Communist party on the [[Falun Gong]] spiritual practice banned in China, while downplaying the scale of the regime's crackdown on the practice.<ref name='capitalresearch'/><ref>{{cite news |title=Why NBC, MSNBC’s Reporting on The Epoch Times Is Textbook Fake News |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-nbc-msnbcs-reporting-on-the-epoch-times-is-textbook-fake-news_3051327.html |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=22 August 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title=Epoch Times Statement in Response to NBC Facebook Stories |url=https://www.theepochtimes.com/epoch-times-statement-in-response-to-nbc-facebook-stories_3053492.html |accessdate=7 October 2019 |work=www.theepochtimes.com |date=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gregory |first1=Stephen |title=Opinion {{!}} NBC News Smears a Competitor |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nbc-news-smears-a-competitor-11566947297?mod=rsswn |work=WSJ}}</ref>

NBC claimed that the Epoch Times spent money on "pro-Trump" Facebook ads, despite the fact that they were advertisements for the print newspaper's subscription which highlighted articles on Trump, In response to the report from NBC, Facebook banned ads for The Epoch Times, despite the fact that The New York Times, CNN and other mainstream media organizations have also aired similar Facebook ads.

NBC claimed that the ''Epoch Times'' spent money on "pro-Trump" Facebook ads, despite the fact that they were advertisements for the print newspaper's subscription which highlighted articles on Trump. In response to the report from NBC, Facebook banned ads for ''The Epoch Times'', despite the fact that ''The New York Times'', CNN and other mainstream media organizations have also aired similar Facebook ads. The New York Times and CNN have a stronger partisan bias than the ''Epoch Times''.

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