🇹🇼 Liberty Times

About Liberty Times

The Liberty Times is published by the Liberty Times Group, a private media entity founded on April 17, 1980, by businessman Lin Rong-San. The group, which also owns the English-language Taipei Times, has remained under family ownership and is integrated into Lin's broader conglomerate interests spanning real estate, banking, and publishing.

Media Bias/Fact Check rates Liberty Times as 'Left-Center Biased' and 'Mostly Factual' in its reporting, noting its pro-Taiwan independence stance and alignment with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). While generally factual, the outlet occasionally uses loaded language and lacks hyperlinked sourcing, which prevents a 'High' factual reporting rating. Critics, particularly from the Kuomintang (KMT) and pro-China commentators, allege that the newspaper functions as a mouthpiece for the DPP and systematically favors Taiwan independence narratives. Taiwan's media environment is highly competitive and polarized, especially concerning cross-strait relations with China, and Reporters Without Borders notes that local journalists can be affected by sensationalism and political polarization.