Outlet track record
Forbes
U.S. center-right (business/pro-market)
Forbes is a business-and-finance-focused outlet majority-owned by Luminar CEO Austin Russell, generating income from advertising, licensing, and subscriptions rather than a single founding family fortune as in the past. Its orientation is broadly pro-market and center-right on economic policy, and its coverage of the Trump administration mixes favorable business/markets reporting with occasional critical investigative pieces, especially on Trump's personal finances and conflicts of interest.
Owned byForbes Global Media Holdings; majority owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments, a Hong Kong-based investor group, until 2024, when Luminar Technologies founder and CEO Austin Russell acquired a roughly 82% majority stake for about $800 million
LeaningU.S. center-right (business/pro-market)
On the administrationmixed
4average bias score across 38 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun