Forbes.com

Forbes.com
Typewebsite
ShortcutWP:FORBESADVISOR
StatusGenerally unreliable Generally unreliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2026
Domain forbes.com
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Date2021


Summary

Most articles on Forbes.com are written by non-staff authors, mainly by Forbes "Contributors", "Senior Contributors" or "Brand Contributors", has minimal editorial oversight, and such articles are considered generally unreliable. Other varieties of non-staff authored articles include those created by "Subscribers", "Forbes Councils" and "Forbes Advisors". There is consensus that non-staff authored articles should be treated as self-published sources. They should never be used for third-party claims about living persons. Non-staff authored articles may occasionally be considered reliable if they qualify for the subject-matter expert exemption for self-published sources. Check the byline to determine whether an article is written by a "Forbes Staff" member, "Contributor", "Senior Contributor", "Brand Contributor" or something else. In addition, check underneath the byline to see whether it was published in a print issue of Forbes. You must ascertain through archived versions of the article that the contributor was staff at the time of the publication, as the latest byline reflects the current role of the writer. See also: Forbes.

Excerpt

David Churbuck founded Forbes's web site in 1996. The site uncovered Stephen Glass's journalistic fraud in The New Republic in 1998, an article that drew attention to internet journalism. At the peak of media coverage of alleged Toyota sudden unintended acceleration in 2010, it exposed the California "runaway Prius" as a hoax, as well as running five other articles by Michael Fumento challenging the entire media premise of Toyota's cars gone bad. The website (like the magazine) publishes lists focusing on billionaires and their possessions, especially real estate.

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    		 Most articles on Forbes.com are written by non-staff authors, mainly by Forbes "Contributors", "Senior Contributors" or "Brand Contributors", has minimal editorial oversight, and such articles are considered generally unreliable. Other varieties of non-staff authored articles include those created by "Subscribers", "Forbes Councils" and "Forbes Advisors". There is consensus that non-staff authored articles should be treated as self-published sources. They should never be used for third-party claims about living persons. Non-staff authored articles may occasionally be considered reliable if they qualify for the subject-matter expert exemption for self-published sources. Check the byline to determine whether an article is written by a "Forbes Staff" member, "Contributor", "Senior Contributor", "Brand Contributor" or something else. In addition, check underneath the byline to see whether it was published in a print issue of Forbes. You must ascertain through archived versions of the article that the contributor was staff at the time of the publication, as the latest byline reflects the current role of the writer. See also: Forbes. 1 Links Spamcheck
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