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KayF

(1,345 posts)
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:10 PM May 2020

Anyone wonder who the Epoch Times guy is?

i see tons of their ads on YouTube, I've wondered who this guy is, I thought maybe he's an actor and wondered if he's in other commercials. But he actually works for them and is a Falun Gong member, named Roman Balmakov

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/technology/epoch-times-youtube.html

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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
2. I get those ads on my cell phone but not on my PC
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:35 PM
May 2020

They're annoying as hell.

If I were to give that guy advice it would be don't try so hard to be noticed. Most of us think he's an idiot.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
3. The ads are desperate to portray him as some kind of "American hipster", but after
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:37 PM
May 2020

seeing him enough times, I could certainly place a trace of an accent which clearly told me he was not a native English speaker.

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abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
7. Wow, this is news to me! Of course when I want quality, truthful reporting I always think of
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

Falun Gong first! NOT

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
9. Falun Gong hopes Trump will harm Chinese economy, hurting govt
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:28 PM
May 2020

Falun Gong runs many propaganda sites in many languages. The Chinese govt outlaws and persecutes Falun Gong. Falun Gong slavishly shills for Trump and his supporters because they think Trump might harm the Chinese economy leading to overthrow of the government.

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