[braindeath]

And it sounds like the person you’re responding to is countering this very premise.

“They don't want their ad dollars to be spent paying publishers for content that's controversial because it makes them look bad.”

[jagged-chisel]

They care insofar as political controversy is concerned. Topically, they are not concerned. This is the distinction I feel does exist.

[braindeath]

What actual difference does drawing this distinction make? It doesn’t change the advertisers behavior.

[lapnitnelav]

Yes, there's a whole subset of the industry dedicated to preventing such a thing, with players like IAS, DoubleVerify, MOAT, ...