I find the story really hard to believe.

Taking payment for a story without disclosing it is just about the biggest no-no there is. In addition to the FDA issues in the article, it’s an FCC violation.

It just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s virtually impossible that such a high profile show would be able to do that. Even if they’d wanted to, there’s just too many people who’d have to be involved.

Someone somewhere would’ve said something. Not to mention the potential damage to the brand.