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'''''Forbes''''' is [[clickbait]] hot garbage founded in 1917.  It has the ''hilarious'' motto "The [[Capitalist]] Tool."  The magazine publishes long lists of people richer than you and things you cannot afford. These days, it has also become a terrible website that should largely be ignored. It reels in unsuspecting readers with sensationalist titles e.g. 'Shocking secret of the next iPhone', but the actual article itself reveals no such 'shocking secret'. The Forbes website is also infested with [[ad]]s, which requires using an ad-blocking software to circumvent if one is somehow foolish enough to still visit it.

=="Most Powerful"==
Not to be outdone by Walgreen's checkout lane, ''Forbes'' hosts its own yearly popularity contest. [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] wins every year.<ref group=note>Power! '''Unlimited''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8i8QGgz0k POWEEAAAAAH!!]</ref><ref>, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-06/putin-named-most-powerful-by-forbes/6918126 Vladimir Putin world's most powerful person followed by Angela Merkel, Barack Obama: Forbes] by Unknown (5 November 2015) quote: "This is the third year in a row Mr Putin has taken out the top spot, and this year's results mean Mr Obama is the first sitting US president to slide out of the top two power rankings"</ref> He's the Meryl Streep of plutocrats.

There is a certain ghastly [[irony]] in Putin winning "Miss Popularity" because one of <i>Forbes'</i> [[journalist]]s, {{wpl|Paul Klebnikov||,}} was murdered in Moscow in a contract killing in 2004.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/world/editor-s-death-raises-questions-about-change-in-russia.html Editor's Death Raises Questions About Change in Russia] by C.J. Chivers et al. (July 18, 2004) ''The New York Times''.</ref> The publisher of the Russian edition of ''Forbes'' stated that the murder was "definitely linked to his professional activity,"<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/05/russia_putin_vsint.html The Last Independent Newspaper in Russia] by Alexandra Poolos (May 2007) ''Frontline: World'' (PBS).</ref> and it has been speculated that ''Forbes'''s publication of a list of wealthiest Russians was specifically linked to Klebnikov's murder.<ref>[http://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=4287 Iron Curtain Redux: The assassination of a prominent investigative reporter underscores the increasingly repressive climate for journalists in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.] by Sherry Ricchiardi (March 2007) ''American Journalism Review''.</ref> The motive presumably was that one or more [[oligarch]]s were angry that their ill-gotten wealth was being revealed to the public. <i>Forbes'</i> main list of the world's wealthiest people is still a thorn in the side of Russian oligarchs because — rightly or wrongly — the 96 Russians on the <i>Forbes'</i> list are synonymous with those that are on the U.S. Treasury list of Russians subject to economic sanctions.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-tribulations-of-oligarch-no-27/2018/08/02/8304c30c-8eb7-11e8-b769-e3fff17f0689_story.html The tribulations of 'oligarch' No. 27] by Steven Mufson (August 3, 2018) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

==Forbes.com==
In recent years, ''Forbes'' has decided to destroy its brand by hosting non-editorially reviewed blogs. One of these is ''White Coat Underground'', most are OK for random blogs by any bozo, many are comically awful ([[Heartland Institute]] shills,<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2011/07/27/new-nasa-data-blow-gaping-hold-in-global-warming-alarmism/ New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism] by James Taylor (27 July 2011) ''Forbes''</ref>, other random industry shills, [[Bitcoin]] scammers,{{efn|''Forbes'' may be the most prolific peddler of Bitcoin in the mainstream media <ref>[http://bit.ly/1wykY84 Google search for "site:forbes.com bitcoin"]</ref>}} and [[Austrian school]]ers among other forms of [[crank]]ery).

The site does a roaring trade in op-eds ghostwritten for corporations. Amy Westervelt, an ex-Forbes journalist, describes how it works:<ref>https://blog.growth.supply/content-used-to-be-king-now-its-the-joker-d40703c18c73</ref>

{{quotebox|… $50 a post, which doesn’t really allow for the sort of reporting time required to write a decent story—the click-bait incentives (a $500 bonus if you hit 30,000 uniques, plus a penny more for each unique after that), and the fact that the site had been all but taken over by CEO “thought leaders” and industry shills. But wait, that’s not the punchline. It’s this: Over the past year, I’ve contributed a half dozen more stories to Forbes.com. Not under my own name, but as a ghost writer for a couple different CEOs. For that work I was paid—no exaggeration— TEN times what Forbes ever paid me to write for its site, but Forbes paid nothing for those pieces.}}

Any page whose address starts with <tt>forbes.com/sites/</tt> is just some random bozo with a blog, even if they try to make out that writing for a ''Forbes'' blog [[Argument from authority|makes them more reliable]] than writing for [[Examiner.com]].<ref group=note>This has, however, resulted in ''Forbes'' publishing pretty high-caliber [[video game]] criticism and analysis from, for example, [[scientific]] and [[feminist]] perspectives -- so much so that said critiques are among the first results when [[Google|Googling]] analyses. ([[Stopped clock]] strikes again.)</ref> If someone references a claim to "Forbes," look more closely. If their bio does not say they are actually a Forbes staffer, or that the article is also in the print Forbes, it should not be credited to "Forbes".

So quit your unfounded fear mongering about global warming  <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/09/22/your-move-global-warming-alarmists-science-has-exposed-your-unwarranted-hysteria/ Your Move, Global Warming Alarmists. Science Has Exposed Your Unwarranted Hysteria] by Peter Ferrara (22 September 2013) ''Forbes'' </ref> and get back to work living the American dream of paying for your own healthcare, <ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2017/03/13/unspeakable-realities-block-universal-health-coverage-in-the-us/#47ab17e5186a Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America] By Chris Ladd (13 March 2017) ''Forbes'' </ref><ref> [https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/06/13/if-universal-health-care-is-the-goal-dont-copy-canada/#fbe9b6878d58 If Universal Healthcare is the Goal, Don't Copy Canada]</ref> like Ayn Rand.<ref> https://www.thoughtco.com/ayn-rand-welfare-queen-government-assistance-3975224 </ref>{{lie}}

Bizarrely, in spite of publishing some of the most migraine-inducing denialist articles in the past (see above), Forbes recently began running articles in support of 
reality
 the consensus view on AGW: like this one<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2017/03/24/20-common-myths-that-climate-scientists-often-hear/#1c976b9c5acb 20 Common Myths That Climate Scientists Often Hear] by Marshall Shepherd (24 march 2017) ''Forbes''</ref> by a meteorologist.

==Good Forbes blogs==
* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlipson/ Peter Lipson], ''a.k.a.'' [[User:PalMD]] &mdash; science and medicine.
* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/ Peter J. Reilly] &mdash; tax issues. Has covered [[Kent Hovind]]'s legal troubles extensively.

==Jeffrey Epstein==
Two ''Forbes'' executives were listed in sex trafficker [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s "black book" of contacts,<ref>[https://epsteinsblackbook.com/all-names 1971 names] ''The Digital Epstein's Little Black Book''.</ref> {{wpl|Christopher Forbes|Christopher "Kip" Forbes}} (Vice Chairman) and {{wpl|Steven Forbes}} (editor-in-chief).

==See also==
*''[[Wall Street Journal]]''
*[[Flat tax]]

==External links==
*[http://www.forbes.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/crushingbort/status/469531626872242176 Enough said.]
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