Yep, I get that. But when it's presented to your readers and listeners it's all jammed together. I agree it's better for the ads to not influence the creation of the journalism. But it is a bummer to hear multiple stories about how AI isn't so great bookended by ads telling me how great AI is.
Should a newspaper not put a car ad opposite a story about a massive car recall that has caused deaths? At a certain point it's up to the consumer to know that marketers don't try to present a fair & balanced account of the product. That the journalists do USED to be table stakes, but no longer
Again, I encourage you to hold influencers and creators to anything close to our standards. They literally have these companies take final edits on their work
I feel like this is a valid lamentation in the wrong thread. I hate when good shows take advertising money from shit businesses, but raising it here feels too much like you're putting it on the same level as the activities Nilay is speaking about.