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BaldrSkies on 17 March 2013
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Kasz216 said:
BaldrSkies said:
Forbes is really excited for the PS4, they've been putting out a lot of articles. That's good. Now just get Bloomberg on the wagon too and the investors will flock in.

They really haven't... it's just people who use Forbes blog service.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/173743/what-the-forbes-model-of-contributed-content-means-for-journalism/

Forbes really has greatly hurt their journalistic integrity to play in the contributor market that HuffPost started


At the end of the day the average, slightly business inclined person will still see "Forbes said it" and assume that means it's credible.

Looking at the article you linked it looks like readership has only gone up, which means it's becoming more influential, regardless of the model used.

Having the Forbes site filled with positive PS4 articles, regardless of the source, effectively means Forbes is leaning that direction due to this model.

The media is always biased one way or another so this really isn't surprising in any regard, and most people don't even catch on. But you have to admit it is still greatly influential in molding the opinions of the masses.