I feel the same way, it feels very deliberate the way the ad loads just enough to shift a call to action I to an accidental ad click. It cannot think of a solution to resolve this type of blackhat trickery.
The simplest solution might be to use the "Reader view available" button at the top left of the iPad / iPhone. It tends to show just the text and relevant images when it works well.
This is the only way I find it possible to visit news websites anymore. Otherwise they are all filled with banners and popups. If the article isn't available in reader view I click back and don't bother with it.
Is the "reader view" generated locally, or does it send the URL to an Apple server for processing?
It's done locally.
Perhaps have the browser disable clicks within the human reaction period during and after a layout reflow?
That's a super cool addon idea. Appended to my TODO list.
The NoScript add-on can help ... on desktop browsers, anyway.