CNN runs ads
NTimes has ads
Serious journalism has ads.
Hell, most papers have ads that are designed to look like part of the newspaper.
I really don't get this argument. Or how it is only relevant to games journalism...
AND they weren't even paid for this one (outside of page views?). It was just a heads up about an armor code that happened to mention pizza.
Ads are usually run in commercials in-between the news bits. Those are the funny things that take place when Anderson Coopers sexy face isn't on the screen. They are not disguised as news during the main portion of the show.