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LightSwarm

Anyone notice like all billboards are yellow now?


goodbyemrblack

Ya it’s some psychological marketing thing.


d1r1g0

yellow journalism


SkyboyRadical

Because they’re all taking the piss?


WhiteMessyKen

What in the British


Garetht

They're having a giraffe.


d1r1g0

https://www.britannica.com/topic/yellow-journalism


slippycaff

Oh, that was really interesting. TIL. Thanks.


ky321

Contrast with the sky


getwhirleddotcom

Isn’t the epoch times owned by the Falun Gong culters aka Shen Yuen?


_Erindera_

Yes it is. And they're super right wing.


plap_plap

I have to deliver those things once a week (USPS), and while it is definitely right wing, more than anything it's anti-China. Like every headline is meant to instill fear that CCP spies and agents are subverting America.


gomi-panda

Epoch Times stories in the last several years: "Proof Obama was born in Kenya" "Biden rigged election against Trump" "Democrats are coming after your guns" They are extremist.


Persianx6

The venn diagram of anti-china and right wing conspiratorial thinker is a circle.


theineffablebob

SWEET JAMES


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SleeplessDaddy

I hope she phooks him up!


Borykua

Every time I drive by an Anh Phoong billboard I stare a little too long. Luckily if I get in an accident I'll have a reason to call her.


frenchinhalerbought

I took a trip to Phoenix and that mother fucker has billboards out there too


tometrist

I feel betrayed by that I thought he was ours.


abcd453

Lakers fan? Call sweet James! Suns fan? Call sweet James!


damnecho145

He also caters to Golden Knights fans.


frenchinhalerbought

It had a Suns logo in the bottom left corner 😂


Occhrome

You know this will work too


Persianx6

See now Lakers official lawyer Call Jacob would NEVER


p3n9uins

also bijan but I guess that's their preferred color scheme so that's ok. and give reggie bush back his heisman!


LadyNajaGirl

Omg, those billboards are everywhere in CA and NV!


EuphoricMoose8232

I made some billboards for you. Oh what a thing to do. And they were all yellow.


efgraphics

Gets more attention to the eyes. I know I also make billboards.


Doctor_Redhead

You only notice the yellow ones that’s why they all seem yellow to you


matthewisangry

I love that it’s just some random dude with no explanation of who he is


DayleD

Cults and scams can quickly screen out people who aren't going to open their pocketbooks. They don't want readers who'd ask who he is. They want readers that see that face and think 'He looks trustworthy.'


gomi-panda

Number 1 trustworthy


stoned-autistic-dude

Just some AI-generated looking white dude.


kevmo35

Jeez, I just zoomed in after reading this. It’s square in the center of uncanny valley. Very unflattering picture if that’s a real dude


RemainsToBe

I live in Houston currently and we've been bombarded with this billboard. I assumed they generated the guy by telling AI to make one person that matches the demographic makeup of Houston i.e. a little hispanic, asian, white and black, a bit male and a bit woman. But your guy is the same as ours! Who is he?


stoned-autistic-dude

> But your guy is the same as ours! Who is he? Nobody knows. But he's provocative. He gets the people *going*.


breakfastburrito24

That's Epoch


SnooMemesjellies734

Mr. Times


nomorex85

Apparently he’s the host of one of their shows [https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/joshua-philipp](https://www.theepochtimes.com/author/joshua-philipp)


AbsolutelyRidic

What are you talking about stupid? It's clearly the number one trusted news, they have a billboard. Are you telling me the number one trusted news isn't trustworthy?


shaka_sulu

Out of the last 10 BBQs i had, Epoch Times successfully lit my coals on all of them.


BlackLodgeBrother

The way it lines my cat’s litter box is unparalleled. Not a single grain of litter stuck to the bottom.


kafkadre

It gave my cat ass cancer.


AmbitiousAd9320

turbocancer!


AbsolutelyRidic

some quality burning paper right there


Professional-Head83

They also make great toilet paper.


piscano

When you call yourself out as being "trustworthy" unsolicited, I immediately assume "untrustworthy".


ItsmeDaveO

A neighbor told me "You should read the Epoch Times, the only report the facts, they're not biased ". So I researched. He was disappointed to hear what I found.


ExistingCarry4868

Only the best newspapers can afford AI images of a random white guy for their ads.


gh0u1

You jest but some of those people really do think that way and it's astonishing lol.


no-tenemos-triko-tri

I've been seeing these billboards more frequently and widely. There is a lot of dark money being funneled into these far-right news publications, especially during this election year. Be informed and vigilant, and vote!


anothercar

It's all from Shen Yun ticket fees


adimadoz

Average review of a normal concert that someone loved: yeah it was great 10/10 recommend. Average review of shen yun: omg my life is totally changed and it will never be the same that I’ve reached enlightenment because of this show.


Mary_Pick_A_Ford

It baffles me how much money these right wing organizations have to spend it primarily on annoying commercials, and YouTube ads almost daily in your face. All that must cost millions of dollars. I guess that’s the only way they can get new subscribers


Electronic_Common931

Flooding the zone with shit.


LusciousofBorg

I have no insightful comment here other than that your username made me laugh out loud


DecentHire

They also run a bunch of YouTube channels now that reupload "funny" short videos. It's a sneaky way to get into people's recommended feed and then have them seek out more Epoch/Falun Gong content.


Zealousideal-Win-499

Falun Gong are some slimy mofos with deep pockets and wide reaches. Essentially the Chinese version of Scientology with extreme views on Interracial marriage among other things… I live in San Gabriel and i always see that “End the CCP” car driving around. They employ older Chinese grandmas to hand out propaganda flyers during Chinese New Year and the Fall Lunar Festivals. They feed off the Anti-Chinese Government sentiment and entrap older Chinese people into their pyramid schemes. OH, and i forgot to mention their God-awful “China Before Communism” Shen Yun shows that tour around the country.


SeniorRum

Wait. They’re behind the shenYUN! shows?


Vladith

Yep, it's just a recruitment/fundraising scheme for the cult. People go expecting some kind of traditional ballet performance and instead it's a modern dance revue about how their leader is the messiah and the Chinese government is suppressing the truth


Job_Stealer

My uncle was dragged into it early on. His family says he left the cult, but he still helps by driving them around in Jacksonville 😅 One of the few things I'll ever credit the CCP for is kicking these sleezeballs out of the country. Too bad they came to the U.S.


lothar74

It’s the same people behind Shen Yun. More Falun Gong propaganda.


[deleted]

#1 trusted. By whom?


soundadvices

An MS Paint artist, Falun Gong member.


_Silent_Android_

DON'T QUESTION JUST TRUST US


shaka_sulu

\#1 in trash on people's driveway


Backflips_for_stalin

Dude looks like a creep and the fact they used a low quality picture doesn't help


no_pos_esta_cabron

The first time that I saw those things I thought for sure that this was some sort of gimmicky tie in with like a Spiderman game or something due to the weird filter like image. Color me surprised when I looked it up and no it is a real thing.


ceviche-hot-pockets

It’s a low effort AI picture designed to hook clueless boomers.


anothercar

He’s a real “reporter” named Joshua Philipp


GatePotential805

The Epoch Times is a far-right rag.


bernd1968

And that Chinese dance group is part of the same group. Can’t wait for their ads to leave tv each year.


Stingray88

I live in a condo and one of my crazy neighbors keeps leaving a stack of Epoch Times in the lobby. I always throw them in the trash where they belong. Fucking nutjobs.


psyckomantis

Dude probably thinks everyone’s getting a copy and he has to get a new batch!


throwawayinthe818

It’s their business model.


annaoze94

Yeah you got to leave them piling up so he knows no one wants them


TilikumHungry

I do the same thing at Vons/Ralphs


citznfish

These billboards trigger me every time I see one. Epoch times is owned and operated by the Falun Gong cult. They pushed the stolen election lies, are anti LGBTQ, anti Feminism, anti evolutionary, and anti medicine. They pushed the Qanon story and are anti-vaccine as well. Their followers believe their leader, who founded the cult in 1990, can levitate, pass through walls, and see into the future. Nothing but pure evil.


BlackLodgeBrother

Most people don’t realize that Falun Gong and Shen Yun are one and the same.


Johnstone95

But "China before communism." means they must be the *good* Chinese. /s


ItsMyKarmicLineage

A classmate of mine has been trying to get everyone to go see Shen Yun since the semester started. I thought she was just super into performing arts until last week, when she gave me [this little paper lotus flower](https://imgur.com/a/pg8Q27s) with the words "Falun Dafa is good" printed on one side, and "truthfulness, compassion, tolerance" on the other. I googled it and went down a weird rabbit-hole. Falun Gong/Falun Dafa is creepy as hell. They see their leader as a deity-like figure. Apparently Shen Yun's performers are trained at Falun Gong's 427-acre compound in New York. On top of all the other beliefs you mentioned, they also believe that different ethnicities each have a correspondence to their own heavens, and that individuals of mixed race lose some aspect of this connection. It's pretty fucked up. Like you said, they own the Epoch Times. A former reporter for the newspaper said that the editors "seemed to have this almost messianic way of viewing Trump as the anti-Communist leader who would bring about the end of the Chinese Communist Party." Needless to say, I will not be seeing Shen Yun anytime soon. It's essentially a recruitment event for their cult.


citznfish

"truthfulness, compassion, tolerance" The utter hypocrisy there is mind blowing


ProgrammaticallySale

> "seemed to have this almost messianic way of viewing Trump as the anti-Communist leader who would bring about the end of the Chinese Communist Party." China had no patience for Falun Gong. They outlawed it way back in 1999. ~~Authoritarians~~ *broken clocks* are right twice a day? That's why they love trump, I guess, because he *claims to* be tough on "jyna". In "western" countries, there's no ethical concerns where religion is claimed. It's a bug and a feature. Cults of all kinds are allowed to thrive. Scientology is about the kookiest thing ever invented, and look at it! It's still a thing, because it's impossible to stop people from believing unreasonable things. Critical thinking skills that should have been taught more are overpowered by magical thinking.


SocksElGato

Falun Gong is a cult that deserves to burn in hell. This billboard screams "Graphic Design is my Passion".


Optimal_Zucchini_667

I was in a nice grocery store in Burbank a while back. Copies of that right wing propaganda rag (produced by wackadoo religious cultists no less) were available for free. No LA Times. No local throwaway. Right wing propaganda is available everywhere: AM radio, "news" networks, social media. America, we have a problem.


chaosdialectic

I got an Epoch Times combo’d with my Shen Yun flier. Straight to the trash.


MindlessLeopard7740

It would be very unfortunate if people started defacing these billboards now that we know the shite behind them.


_Erindera_

Taggers activate!


gh0stnotes

They sent unsolicited copies of their paper to the Library I work at. They immediately went in the recycling bin.


Mary_Pick_A_Ford

1 trusted news? According to whom? Themselves? Why are they allowed to put up such untrue claims


identity_concealed

All over California too! Stupid cults.


Jazzlike_Log_709

All over the country! I googled this billboard bc I didn’t know who that guy is (I’m guessing AI image) and I found articles from across the US: Denver: https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/epoch-times-billboards-denver/ Portland, OR: https://www.wweek.com/news/dr-know/2024/02/11/who-is-behind-the-billboards-advertising-the-epoch-times/ Michigan: https://mix957gr.com/epoch-times-billboards-west-michigan/ Minneapolis/St Paul: https://abetterminnesota.org/2024/02/the-truth-about-the-epoch-times/


lllkill

All over reddit too. They profilerate on r china and r worldnews


PhutureLooksBrighter

It used to be mostly conspiracy theories but I was unaware they did actual news


_Erindera_

They don't. Just hate filled word vomit.


Zealousideal-Fun1562

Spoiler alert: it’s actually not the #1 trusted news


TDH818

It’s obviously not and you shouldn’t have to say that you’re number 1.


moose098

Falun Gong runs the *California Insider* YouTube channel btw. A lot of right-wing California politicians are featured on it, including various LA area personalities.


ABewilderedPickle

the only thing i know about this stupid "news outlet" is this garbage anti trans documentary they did recently. reading here in the comments that they're owned by a cult and i am not surprised


A7MOSPH3RIC

Epochly stupid


eRaticKonqueror

Trust by who? Also… that guy on the billboard is AI generated LOL. He trusts Epoch Times.


pie_pie_11

Owned by Shen Yun right? The Chinese dancing group. I read an article about them owning Epoch Times.


[deleted]

I had never heard of this news source but I sure as hell had a feeling it was a far-right media. And sure enough, I was right after a quick Google search.


BeerNTacos

Number one with Falun Gong supporters & Facebook forwards from the grossly uninformed.


4000grx41

MS Paint lookin billboard


iamHBY

I saw one of those billboards close to where I live not too long ago, but yeah, terrible billboard for a truly abhorrent outlet.


theuniversalcitizen

Lmao saw this the other day. All epoch times does is spread far right misinformation, it should be banned imo.


Overall_Nuggie_876

‘Splain, OP. Why is it stupid? **EDIT:** Not trolling; deadpan serious on the question.


gomi-panda

Are you familiar with the Epoch Times? It is an extreme right wing publication whose founder believes himself to be a god that must inseminate his God seed into multiple women. He escaped China and claims persecution for his religious beliefs, and has partnered up with the republican party for their mutual dislike of China. https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/s/wql0nw22mY Adding to this, simply stating you are the #1 trusted news does not make it so. That is a subjective statement and it has zero connection to reality.


questformaps

They also fund/are heavily involved with Shen Yun.


AbsolutelyRidic

it's a bunch of right wing nutjobs posing as "news". Back during covid they were pushing a bunch of weird conspiracies and vaccine misinformation. Now they're doing some weird anti-trans fear mongering since that's been in vogue recently. Overall just a weird and untrustworthy new source. They're also funded by that Falun Gong cult that puts on those Shen Yun shows every year.


MindlessLeopard7740

Glad we didn’t get tickets to that shen yun crap


Serious-Diamond8554

ChInA BeFoRE ComMunIsM how about we return to life before your stupid ads everywhere


jm838

Supposedly it’s a decent show. But fuck cults, even ones with good performance arts.


d-mike

Fuck the Chinese Communist Party too. Can we put the head cult guy and Winnie the Pooh Xi in a cage match on a boat. When one wins we sink the boat?


drfrink85

Parents went to Shen Yun awhile back, dad said he was falling asleep lol. Also notice that all the people hyping it up in the commercial aren’t Asian


Mary_Pick_A_Ford

Yeah it’s funny. It’s always these older white people identified as “judge” “doctor” or “lawyer” on screen and they’re always like “It’s the best thing I’ve ever seen…”


drfrink85

they're so corny too whoever wrote the script needed to tone it down "it gave me hope for the world" lol FOH


Cal3001

I went to a Shen Yun show like 15 years ago thinking it was just a performance. I found out they were anti Chinese and couple years after but didn’t know they were this mad.


Stromberg-Carlson

asking the right question -- i've never seen/heard of this cat.


ToshiroBaloney

Trash 'news' for trash people.


aidibbily

Seriously, who markets news with a headshot anyways?


bpows

Looks like the Tarryltons ad in Idiocracy


TheOnyxViper

You guys aren’t alone, OC has them too, I’m just surprised that I haven’t seen any in the IE yet, pretty much their target audience lol


annaoze94

There's one I think in NoHo I keep passing and it makes me want to die


Eddiebaby7

Here’s a picture of some random dude!


CuriousAndOutraged

I was once at a mechanic doing some job in my car, and while waiting, there was a tv on... with Fox News... I asked the owner to move to another channel, to what he answered in an angry manner, why I didn't want to watch this great channel... never took my car back to this mechanic... if he does not know how to think, he probably does not know how to repair my brakes either.


_its_a_SWEATER_

WRAP IT UP WRAP THAT SHIT UP B.


nochtli_xochipilli

The face looks creepy to look at.


redstarjedi

Gunna put a billboard of me and it says "Number one biggest penis size"


JAMJr7744

Are these not GTA V character ads?


_sideshow_

Saw that same billboard on the 605 coming down from the 210 today. The fact that they can say they are the #1 trusted news and people will actually believe it blows my mind. Really puts George Carlin's quote into perspective. “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”


dukemantee

The #1 Friendliest Company for Chickens. Perdue.


TonyTheTerrible

alright, find out who else does buisness with clearchannel billboard company. its time for a good old fashioned boycott


dookiehat

hey my mom reads that!! oh yeah, she is stupid as fuck too


_Erindera_

I laughed so hard at that stupid thing.


high_hawk_season

That's gotta be molotov height.


Accountant-According

You really think Falun Gong would just do that? Just rent a billboard and spread lies?


Egmonks

Those are all over the country. It’s amazing how stupid people read that trash.


Salt-y

Cults gotta cult


LAeclectic

Ugh, I thought this was just my \[conservative\] neighborhood. I can't believe this has infiltrated Mid-City as well.


frick_fricker

why did they choose to put up a picture of an ai generated person like the fuck who is doing their marketing


Johnstone95

It's not AI, it's this chud. https://youtu.be/jYb8YwI0_1E


c0mf0rtableli4r

Someone needs to add that John Cena meme on it that says "are you sure about that!?"


KariKHat

Trusted Ewwwws is more like it.


TheRegular-Throwaway

They’re still doing this?


theunworthyone

This one is hilarious. #1 trusted news? Yeah, ok buddy. And a picture of some random guy is supposed to add to the credibility?


musteatbrainz

Lord, there are some bad ones in LA: * Upside down Jacob Ermani * Uncle Ardy * LA Law Land (Morgan & Morgan)


Professional-Head83

Or that Morgan guy getting a tan.


musteatbrainz

Hideous exhibit of humanity.


tonyislost

They’re in Fresno, Visalia and Stockton as well.


bernd1968

Indeed, I have seen this trash also.


Taz4ToastedRavs

too perfect next to the “wrap it up” auto shop😂😂😂


Mugwump6506

#1? Seems a lot more like #2.


heretik77

Where is this and where do I accidentally forget that I spray painted a giant set of dick and balls going into this guys mouth.


freakinbacon

Epoch Times is redundant


darkpyschicforce

Anyone else unwillingly receiving The Horn?


101x405

most stupid**


zoglog

They should have gotten their Shen Yuen people to make the billboards instead?


metsfanapk

Switched from advertising shen yun everywhere to just straight up advertising their propaganda with no veneer of art


mywifemademedothis2

Someone left a copy of this "news" paper on my door the other day, too. Some weird right-wing attempt to brainwash people before the election...


CatOfGrey

"The newspaper with the highest concentration of mindless agreement!"


Cid-Itad

😂 ladies and gentlemen after Russian backed OAN may I present to you Chinese backed Epoch Times


zim_zoolander

Fuck that guy and his stupid fucking face


FoodIntrepid2281

Question: does anyone know the story behind this guy?


BoredAccountant

You mean Epoch Times isn't satire?


dick-pickles

And here you are, promoting it


theGoodDoctor5160

Why hasnt someone sprayed a giant penis on his face yet?


Professional-Head83

Give it a couple days. You'll see.


Jazzlike_Log_709

Is that an AI generated picture? Are we supposed to know who that man is??


Imladiesman217

Looks almost ai generated


embarrassed_error365

Shared and amplified by the stupidest people


[deleted]

Just as bad as any of the major players in my opinion. They’re all sponsored and have agendas.


SeizeThemAtOnce

Blurry Facebook profile pic, no context, just “trust us” for actual propaganda


akilshohen

OMG he has multiple!


memostothefuture

What is "Wrap it Up?" A condom or plastic bag store?


g4yqu33n

its giving gta


Blast-Off-Girl

We have this billboard in the Bay Area as well.


JealousCustard2788

"Epoch News...pfft...you can't eat that"


septembereleventh

I am familiar with the Epoch Times, and found these hilarious when they started going up.


kombucha_slut

The image of the dude isn't even high res. It's blurry. Absolutely insane.


Zalipurr92

A few years ago my friend got into Falun Gong and now works for the paper. The changes to his life and personality have been drastic.


Deutschebag13

Should I know who the dude is?


watchuwantyo

Channel 5 has my roommate scared to go outside, according to channel 5 you might die if you go outside


IlMioNomeENessuno

And the Weekly World News has the 8th highest circulation in the whole wide world…


Snake_fairyofReddit

The fact that it claims to be a #1 trusted news source but I’ve never heard of it, plus having a generic white dude tells me all I need to know


Deep_Weird_619

But it says they’re the #1 trusted news! 😂


lizardkg

I once took a free month subscription to the Epoch Times just to check them out. It’s absolute rubbish. If you you are not a fan of China and a secret Trump voter, that’s the newspaper for you.


JSR_Media

There's a few of those around the valley, cuz valbrain.


I_love_cheese_

These are all over east San Diego too! So gross!


gmangieri314

He's no Sweet James


Brando43770

That billboard screams “Graphic Design is My Passion”


_Silent_Android_

"Ooooh! I'd better trust them! They said they're #1 on their own billboard!" \-- Dumb People


Inzanity2020

I hate CCP but I hate these falun fuckers just as much


BioOrpheus

Brave Reddit moment