{"id":197,"date":"2023-03-29T00:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2023-03-30T18:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:40:42","slug":"forbes-makes-money-from-frauds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/forbes-makes-money-from-frauds\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes Makes Money From Frauds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Article:<a href=\"https:\/\/pushroi.com\/how-forbes-monetizes-the-frauds-they-create\/\"> Forbes Monetizes The Frauds They Create<\/a><br><br>Abstract: This article discusses the problematic business model of Forbes and its role in promoting and profiting from fraudulent startups and individuals. It highlights the cases of Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes, and Charlie Javice, who were all previously featured in Forbes&#8217; &#8220;30 Under 30&#8221; list and later found to have committed fraud. The article also exposes the potential for backroom deals and link selling within Forbes&#8217; contributor network, which compromises the credibility of the publication. The author criticizes Forbes&#8217; practice of allowing contributors to pay for the privilege of publishing and emphasizes the importance of critical analysis in media coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bullet points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Forbes has a problematic business model that monetizes fraud on the way up and down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The publication has previously featured fraudulent startups and individuals in its &#8220;30 Under 30&#8221; list, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Elizabeth Holmes, and Charlie Javice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forbes profits from articles that cover fraud cases it helped promote and endow with trust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The author discusses the potential for backroom deals and link selling within Forbes&#8217; contributor network, which compromises the credibility of the publication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The practice of allowing contributors to pay for the privilege of publishing undermines the quality and integrity of Forbes&#8217; content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The author emphasizes the importance of critical analysis in media coverage, particularly for early-stage startups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forbes is not the only offender in this regard, but it is the biggest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While the article is critical of Forbes, it acknowledges that not all of its articles are problematic and cites a Forbes contributor in a recent article.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article: Forbes Monetizes The Frauds They Create Abstract: This article discusses the problematic business model of Forbes and its role in promoting and profiting from fraudulent startups and individuals. It&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2,4,5,7,6],"tags":[324,15,11,151,434,432,80,433,21,205,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2928,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/2928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}