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LOL, news coverage of corporations (except for covering some public scandal) is heavily biased as well. In this particular case, the source of the article is Kr

LOL, news coverage of corporations (except for covering some public scandal) is heavily biased as well. In this particular case, the source of the article is Kristin Lemkau, the bank’s chief marketing officer. So keep trusting the "unbiased" news. And guess what: you might think you ignore ads. You do not.

mirimir 8y ago
OK, so I don't "ignore ads". I actively avoid seeing them. I use ad-blockers, and have for over a decade. When I commonly read print media, I used to go through first and tear out all the ads, seeing them as little as possible, and pasting blank paper over the ones that had desired text on the other side. When driving, I avoid looking at billboards, just as I avoid looking at oncoming lights at night. I also don't trust news coverage. I especially don't trust favorable news coverage, because that's often advertorial. That does create bias I know. And if I'm actively interested in something, I read a variety of media, from different countries.
- briandear 8y ago
  > When I commonly read print media, I used to go through first and tear out all the ads, seeing them as little as possible, and pasting blank paper over the ones that had desired text on the other side. To each his or her own, I guess. Do you close your eyes when venturing outside as well? Also, as I am sure you are aware, much of what you read has been pitched and influenced by PR agencies: that’s what they do. When you read about a product in some publication, that product didn’t just randomly find itself as part of a story, a PR firm helped get it there. I might suggest that you might be a bit naïve about how advertising, media and PR work. You can’t escape it even if you think you are.
  - mirimir 8y ago
    I know all that. I don't trust reviews, because >90% of them are advertorials. You can often detect that by searching for key phrases, and then finding them in press releases. I don 't close my eyes outside, no. But I do trash ads, whenever I can. Back in the hardcore days, I carried stickers with moisture-catalyzed adhesive. Once those suckers cured, sand-blasting was the only option. Now I just carry black markers ;)
    - mprev 8y ago
      The irony here is that, it seems, ads are having a bigger impact on your life than if you weren’t taking these steps.
      - mirimir 8y ago
        So does gravity.

mirimir 8y ago

OK, so I don't "ignore ads". I actively avoid seeing them. I use ad-blockers, and have for over a decade. When I commonly read print media, I used to go through first and tear out all the ads, seeing them as little as possible, and pasting blank paper over the ones that had desired text on the other side. When driving, I avoid looking at billboards, just as I avoid looking at oncoming lights at night. I also don't trust news coverage. I especially don't trust favorable news coverage, because that's often advertorial. That does create bias I know. And if I'm actively interested in something, I read a variety of media, from different countries.

briandear 8y ago
> When I commonly read print media, I used to go through first and tear out all the ads, seeing them as little as possible, and pasting blank paper over the ones that had desired text on the other side. To each his or her own, I guess. Do you close your eyes when venturing outside as well? Also, as I am sure you are aware, much of what you read has been pitched and influenced by PR agencies: that’s what they do. When you read about a product in some publication, that product didn’t just randomly find itself as part of a story, a PR firm helped get it there. I might suggest that you might be a bit naïve about how advertising, media and PR work. You can’t escape it even if you think you are.
- mirimir 8y ago
  I know all that. I don't trust reviews, because >90% of them are advertorials. You can often detect that by searching for key phrases, and then finding them in press releases. I don 't close my eyes outside, no. But I do trash ads, whenever I can. Back in the hardcore days, I carried stickers with moisture-catalyzed adhesive. Once those suckers cured, sand-blasting was the only option. Now I just carry black markers ;)
  - mprev 8y ago
    The irony here is that, it seems, ads are having a bigger impact on your life than if you weren’t taking these steps.
    - mirimir 8y ago
      So does gravity.