EBC News – Bias and Credibility

EBC News is rated Least biased with Mostly Factual factual reporting by Media Bias Fact Check.

Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED (1.8)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (4.0)
Country: Taiwan
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: TV Station/Website
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

History

EBC News (東森新聞) is a Taiwanese television and digital news outlet operated by Eastern Broadcasting Company. According to the company’s About page, Eastern Broadcasting was founded in 1991 and today operates eight television channels in Taiwan, including EBC News and EBC Financial News. The company is headquartered in Taipei.

EBC News covers breaking news, politics, cross-strait relations, international affairs, business, crime, health, entertainment, and lifestyle, and operates a 24-hour television news channel and digital platforms.

Read our profile on Taiwan’s media and government.

Funded by / Ownership

EBC News is operated by Eastern Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Taiwan government corporate records list Mao Te International Investment Co., Ltd. as the corporate shareholder represented by EBC chairman Lin Wen-yuan and other board members. The company is privately owned and funded primarily through advertising, commercial partnerships, television operations, and related media businesses.

Analysis / Bias

EBC News covers Taiwan’s major political parties and generally separates straight reporting from commentary. Recent political reporting presents positions from both the Democratic Progressive Party and Kuomintang without a consistent partisan pattern. For example, Taiwan Legislature Rejects Historic Impeachment Attempt Against President Lai reports the KMT, Taiwan People’s Party, and DPP positions and vote totals with little editorial framing.

Coverage of China and cross-strait relations generally reflects a Taiwan-centered perspective but is not consistently aligned with either pan-Green or pan-Blue politics. For example, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Urges U.S. Opposition to Taiwan Independence presents Beijing’s claims while noting disputed historical and sovereignty assertions. Another report, China Conducts Live-Fire Drills Near Taiwan, relies primarily on Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense and Chinese maritime notices.

The outlet’s main weakness is sensationalism rather than consistent political bias. Headlines frequently use dramatic or click-oriented language, particularly for crime, health, entertainment, and breaking news. EBC also publishes astrology and fortune-telling content in its lifestyle section, which reduces overall credibility.

Factual reliability is generally acceptable, and EBC publicly posts corrections. However, it has had notable verification failures. In 2022, Taiwan’s National Communications Commission fined EBC News after a guest on its Critical Moment program falsely alleged preferential Moderna vaccinations at National Taiwan University Hospital without adequate verification. More recent corrections include a wrongly identified driver photo in 2025 and an incorrect on-screen news ticker in 2026.

Failed Fact Checks

• Taiwan NCC: EBC News failed to adequately verify a false allegation concerning preferential COVID-19 vaccination at National Taiwan University Hospital.
• No major IFCN-approved fact-checking organizations found recent failed fact checks.

Overall, we rate EBC News Least Biased with a slight Right-Center tendency, based on generally balanced political coverage and occasional conservative or anti-government framing. We rate it Mostly Factual because it generally uses credible sources and publishes corrections, but we deduct for sensationalism, occasional verification failures, and lower-quality lifestyle content. (D. Van Zandt 10/12/2026)

Source: https://news.ebc.net.tw/

Last Updated on October 12, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check

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