If there are "paid" bashers, then they have to be hiring people from somewhere. And as such it would leave evidence that could be traced. Someone would get fired, quit, become angry and then expose it to the world.
Are you privy to what goes on in the world of hedge funds? Have you ever heard of Jeffrey Thorpe? Did you ever read purported hedge fund manager Auric Goldfinger?
What makes you think that there would be "leaks" or any more claims than there already are out there? Spend a few days on Yahoo and you see all kinds of claims. I rarely do and don't believe much over there, but there are claims all the way around.
Overstock is claiming that bash pieces are involved in the manipulation of its share price. Again, I'm not defending OSTK, but raising the issue.
As for nobody paying you $15 a post, the obvious answer is there for anyone who reads your posts.
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