Serious Eats has to structure its reviews differently to avoid offending advertisers. It insists that its product recommendations are independent of outside in

Serious Eats has to structure its reviews differently to avoid offending advertisers. It insists that its product recommendations are independent of outside influence, but it avoids discussing its non-recommendations, which makes some articles much less valuable to the reader. That's probably the least bad way for advertising to influence reviews, but it's unfortunate even so.