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A newspaper blaming the Communist party for Coronavirus, has been delivered to households across the North of England by the Royal Mail.
The Epoch Times describes itself as “a factual and honest newspaper” but its articles state that the Coronavirus was covered up by the Chinese Communist Party and that the disease’s more accurate name should be the “CCP virus.”
The newspaper now has an office in London and prior to sending out this “special edition” had been targeting councillors in Yorkshire and Lancashire with emails about what it claims is “the hidden truth” behind the pandemic.
The Epoch Times was established in 2000, in America, by a group linked to the Falun Gong movement in China. Recently the publisher has denied that it has direct ties with Falun Gong and claims that it is primarily funded through advertising and subscription.
Earlier this year, the New York Times called it “one of the most mysterious fixtures of the pro-Trump media universe.”
It originally invested more than $1m promoting itself via Facebook, but was barred because it evaded transparency rules. In 2019, the social media network took down more than 600 accounts linked to the Epoch Times, which it said used artificial intelligence to “create fake people and push conspiracies.”
It then turned to YouTube, where its advertising alleged that Barack Obama had placed a spy within the Trump 2016 campaign and also praised Trump’s comments about “buying Greenland.”
Prolific North has contact the Royal Mail to find out how it had passed the organisation’s checking procedures, and also Advertising Standards. They have yet to respond.
