This essay, "Advertising is Cancer on Society", makes many good points about advertising subverting and infesting traditional means of communication. Pull, not push doesn't help you anymore if articles you find are advertising in disguise.
http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2019-07-31-ads-as-cancer.html
There are very determined and well-paid people working to confuse you, make you waste your time checking and ultimately give up.