In fact, I'd go so far as to say the comparison suggests an extremist position that should have no business dictating the law on the topic (still a position worth hearing while seeking compromise, of course).
They aren't murderers, but they sure are bullies [0], time wasters, attention thieves and they try to manipulate you into changing your mind about your choices.
Maybe the ideal is that it's none of those things, that advertising in theory should be about matching consumers with the product they'd like best - but the fact is that in the age of the Internet, it's been nothing but unwelcome manipulation, and everyone puts up with it because it's the only funding model that's "free" at the point of use.
