Carlton I generally I agree with you. I still maintain my position that RELATIVE to other coverage I've seen on bitcoins, such as from bloomberg, washingtonpost... forbes has been better. I agree with you though, Forbes is shitty too.
I still did learn some news from the article I linked. I didn't know banks were shutting down businesses having to do with bitcoins. Or that the FBI was planning to sell their seized bitcoins. in most articles i learn absolutely nothing.
It's true, Forbes are the best of a bad bunch.
It's a curious overall posture that the the press as a whole are ending up taking. The big-money-bags "I know Donald Trump, he once tipped me when I worked the desk at the Four Seasons" crowd that read Forbes are getting more information than anyone else. The people that read the print edition, those that either have or want to give the impression that they actually need high-rollers investment and lifestyle tips, didn't read a word from Jon Matonis. He was always a Forbes "blogger", never to be in print (although maybe the occasional article snuck in, not generally a Forbes reader myself).
Meanwhile, the rest of the press throughout the world have been either a little active, or very tight lipped.
Western press: very active overall - Financial Times - it's the new tulip bubble, it has problems with technical economic and regulatory stuff etc
- Wall Street Journal - ditto the FT really, plus slightly more about money laundering and drugs
- New York Times, Washington Post et al - price volatility, drugs, money laundering, firearms (unsubstantiated), people trafficking (unsubstantiated)
- London Times, Daily Mail, Guardian - price volatility, drugs, money laundering, firearms (unsubstantiated), people trafficking (unsubstantiated)
Eastern press: barely a thing- CCTV - Economics in 1/2 hour on Bitcoin as a primer, explaining the technology
- CCTV - carefully targeted TV piece to the local Chinese population
- The Hindu - Mining specific piece, written by an executive from Indian mining company, no less
- Indonesian-Daily-whose-name-I-forget - Canadian ATM coverage, with the expected basic overview
The Western press have taken their coverage, and the overall negativity towards it, more seriously than anyone, anywhere else. To contrast talking and action, the Chinese have been buying BTC, manufacturing ASICs and mining with them like nowhere else. Indications are that India may move the same way.
And right in the middle (in more ways than one), Russia have been stirring the pot like crazy, almost as much coverage as Forbes, and generally positive (call it cautious optimism).
Make of it all what you will.