For more than two decades, The Epoch Times and NTD Television have been at the forefront of exposing the Chinese communist regime’s human rights atrocities, virulent propaganda, and malevolent influence on the global stage.
As we continue with this critical mission, some news outlets have used reports of the alleged wrongdoing of our former CFO as an opportunity to paint The Epoch Times, as a whole, in a false light. Even more egregious, these reports have cast aspersions upon Falun Gong, the faith of our founding members.
One person’s alleged wrongdoing does not represent the entire staff or the whole organization, and in fact, the alleged actions run counter to our organization’s standards and culture, and the reality of our track record. Furthermore, such alleged actions run counter to the principles of Falun Gong and in no way reflect on the spiritual practice.
The logical fallacy currently being promoted by other news outlets is akin to attacking the entire Christian faith over an allegation of wrongdoing against one employee in a company founded by Christians, while at the same time condemning the company.
Some media outlets have gone so far as to seek out other entities started by Falun Gong practitioners, such as Shen Yun Performing Arts—an independent performing arts company—and construct false connections to this story.
The Epoch Times and NTD Television were independently founded by a few Falun Gong practitioners in the early 2000s in response to brutal human rights abuses taking place in China.
Falun Gong is an ancient spiritual discipline that focuses on the core tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, and those who practice have been severely persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1999. The regime has employed over ten thousand of its media across China to relentlessly vilify them.
