Episode 759 • • 1:41:28 - 1:44:02
759: Geopolitical Chernobyl
Apple Watch Native Ad, Heart Rate, and Internship
A news segment on ABC Nightly News about an Apple Watch saving a teenager's life is identified as a "sketchy native ad." The story features a 17-year-old whose watch alerted him to a high resting heart rate, leading to a diagnosis of organ failure. The hosts highlight the "kicker" that the boy was rewarded with an internship at Apple, suggesting the entire story was a coordinated marketing effort.