Outlet track record
Forbes (contributor)
U.S. center-right, pro-business
Forbes is a U.S. business media brand majority-owned since 2014 by Hong Kong-based Integrated Whale Media Investments, with the founding Forbes family retaining a minority stake. It has a longstanding pro-business, free-market orientation and publishes both staff journalism and a large network of outside contributors whose perspectives vary widely. Coverage of the Trump administration's second term is mixed: contributor pieces critically examine tariff-driven economic uncertainty and energy policy while offering more favorable treatment of deregulation and the administration's cryptocurrency agenda.
Owned byIntegrated Whale Media Investments (Hong Kong-based) holds majority stake (~51%) acquired in 2014; the Forbes family retains a minority stake; Steve Forbes serves as chairman and editor-in-chief
LeaningU.S. center-right, pro-business
On the administrationmixed
6average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun