Far as I can tell, having been accused of being a paid basher for years and knowing many so called "bashers", it's a myth.
All the "bashers" I know are just people like me that like to present the facts and reality using public information, none of us short penny stocks, and if there were people out there willing to pay for bashing you'd think that infamous people like Janice would at least get an offer from someone.
To date, I don't know of anyone ever offered anything to do what we find interesting and entertaining when we find very obvious questionable companies with red flags all over the place.