The sad funny thing is that if I'm not mistaken, that's been his exact response to being called a hypocrite over this very issue. "Those shills won't tell you when they're being paid! I'm ahnest and reeuhl with my fans!"
Phil actually believes that unless advertisers, companies and/or promoters are holding fireworks in both hands, shouting from a bullhorn with a huge neon sign around their neck reading "THIS IS A PAID PROMOTION", no one can distinguish what they are doing.
I think I understand why Phil doesn't watch anything on television. I bet he rolls his eyes at the end of every single commercial and scoffs, "pfft, they got paid to say that". Kat would plunge a kitchen knife into his chest fifty-seven times before the half-hour sitcom they were watching was over.