I think there's a problem when a person rhetorically compares X-Bad-Thing to Y-Bad-Thing; always some people say "but Y is really horrific, you can't compare it to X which is only a little bit bad", whilst other people say "yes, Y is really horrific; but X is also really horrific", and still other people will say "yes, but it's OK to compare the mildly bad to the horrificly awful to make a rhetorical point" (and probably someone will say "but Y isn't that bad"; but they would be Incorrect).

I think the third position is in on very shaky ground; and the bigger the gap the shakier.

If AFP intended the second position then I think she ought to have provided further justification as to the horrificness of product placement. (did she? I didn't follow it).