Forbes Cracked Down on Criticism of Raimondo When She Became a National PlayerFor years, Edward “Ted” Siedle wrote as a columnist for Forbes Magazine. Late in 2020, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo — who Siedle had written about dozens of times previously — became a key candidate for cabinet position in the Biden Administration. Novack did not respond to requests for comment from GoLocal about her email to Siedle, and Forbes censored his writing on Raimondo. "The message was clear they didn’t want me to write about [Raimondo]," Siedle said. During his tenure writing for Forbes, Siedle was an unpaid contributor.

Source: Forbes October 30, 2023 12:00 UTC