> here are entire classes of content for which the risks of being associated with outweigh the benefits as far as advertisers are concerned. This goes well beyond YouTube; it's affected a lot of network and radio shows as well. The most recent example is Laura Ingraham, e.g. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-ingraham-advertisers-drop.... .
That doesn't have anything to do with whether advertisers are willing to be associated with her or her content, though. Are you proposing that YouTube start hiring video creators full time?
No, that's what you were proposing indirectly by bringing up Laura Ingraham as an example. She's a salaried employee – as long as Fox News doesn't fire her over this, she sees none of the downside of pissing advertisers off, so there's nothing particularly "risky" about it. The same logic doesn't apply to 99.99% of YouTube creators, who are paid directly by their advertisers.
she's a contract employee who has a salary