What people need to do is note the adverts that are shite and feed back to the companies that they are displeased with them, throw in a boycott threat etc. they dont know that people dont like the advert because they either see a page impression or nothing if you block. most news websites out...
i do as Hillian1.
when not logged in the ads can be terrible, especially ones that take up the whole screen. generally i ad block normally though as ads have made many sites unusable. advertisers are killing the internet, when simple banner and maybe tower ads do the job unobtrusivly.