Wikipedia’s article on The Epoch Times opens with a sentence so confident it requires no qualification: “The Epoch Times is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement.”
Not “described as.” Not “accused of being.”
Is. Far-right.
Wikipedia’s own article on the far-right defines the category as extreme nationalism, nativism, xenophobia, racism, authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism, neo-fascism and neo-Nazism. The Simple English version, written for children and second-language readers, says it means Nazism, neo-Nazism and fascism.
That is the category in which Wikipedia places The Epoch Times. Not by accusation. By definitional statement, at the top of the page.
Wikipedia is the default source for Google’s knowledge panels and a primary input into large language models. The label travels.
The Epoch Times Australian edition for 9–15 April 2026 opens on page one with three stories: charges against Ben Roberts-Smith, a report on NDIS cost pressures driven by mental health and autism diagnoses, and a preview of the Artemis II lunar mission.
Nationally: Labor calls for de-escalation after Trump criticises Australia; Australians scaling back private health cover as premiums rise.
World: Beijing has reactivated a Mao-era war preparation program in the country’s interior; Trump suspends Iran strikes and agrees to a two-week ceasefire.
Page eighteen is a reflection on Good Friday and the search for peace.
Page twenty-eight explains how to care for an aging pet.
Page thirty-three is a piece on the architecture of the Palau de la Música Catalana — the only auditorium in Europe illuminated entirely by natural light.
Page thirty-four: a simple trick for crispy hash browns.
Page forty: a humorous sketch about Mark Twain attempting to learn Italian.
The paper reports critically on the Chinese Communist Party. It covers the Trump administration. It runs a piece describing the International Olympic Committee’s new gender rules as a win for women. Either these positions are far-right or they are not. If they are, the term now covers most of the Australian electorate. If they are not, the label has been reduced to indicating that Wikipedia’s editors do not like the publication.
What remains, once the mainstream political reporting is bracketed, is a newspaper that prints recipes, pet care advice, Good Friday reflections, relationship advice on growing together after the honeymoon stage, guidance on raising financially literate children, a profile of an eighteenth-century Swiss painter, and an architectural feature on a Catalan concert hall. Not to mention three pages of sudoku, crossword and maze. Wikipedia describes this publication as far-right.
The recipe on page thirty-four involves grating the potatoes, squeezing out the water, and resting them in a hot pan without stirring.