How many fancy globes and maps do you think are sold? Enough to fund all of the geopolitical news being reported?
Are you sure about that? New mother, wondering where she is going to find a babysitter, wouldn't feel an increased pressure to think about security cameras and background checks after seeing something like that? I can't speak for all of them, of course, but of the few I've known such things become topics of neighborhood conversation. Perhaps you have better data.
I totally buy that in the above murder example, an ad for security cameras would be very effective.
And there are plenty of geopolitics books sold, and usually at a high price point, too. Someone commented elsewhere in the thread that $1/person/day is total online ad spend in America, so the bar isn't too high.
Furthermore, I'm responding to someone who was thinking of the _worst possible headlines_ for selling related ads. There are plenty that lend themselves better to ads: "new national park in [place near you]" could have ads for tons of very high value products... I just checked RV rentals, and even a fairly small and old RV went for $300+/night near a national park. Tack on some fees and a family could easily spend $2500, of which a large amount is profit (I imagine) with a small/old RV like that. Perhaps it has another ad too, to catch those interested in ultralight backpacking, people in that community can spend $500+ on one single piece of gear easy. And a third ad, to catch everyone else not interested by the above - an ad for a general camping/wilderness/hunting goods store.
The more I think about it, the more I'm sold that it's actually a great idea.