Your experience doesn't disprove the theory......The answer really must come from someone who actually KNOWS what mms that engage in making markets in penny stocks do.
So you are basically saying that you would need to hear the answer from EVERY mm out there. Otherwise, you could claim that maybe you don't at ABC, but what about XYZ. Eventually you need to realize that just because the IRC poster, who admits to being paid, claims that 'paid bashers' exist doesn't mean it is true.
If you were to ask all of IHUB's posters; what name comes to mind when you hear the words 'paid basher'? Over 80% of them would reply 'Janice Shell', and the rest would reply with the other top 10 posters on this board. Seems to me that them telling you it is a myth should bear quite a bit of weight in the argument.