As the host launches a bid for the Senate, his industry backers may get hit with the fallout when reporters dig in to his history of questionable claims.
And the feeling was mutual: The now 61-year-old cardiothoracic surgeon would make sure to congratulate then-Sony TV chairman Steve Mosko when the studio’s Breaking Bad won Emmys, would gift a platter of smoked fish for the winter holidays to Sony’s then-chairman Michael Lynton and attempt to connect with another part of the Japanese conglomerate once he realized it was in the wearable health device market.
Meanwhile, at Sony’s headquarters, when the Federal Trade Commission circled in 2014 and The Daily Beast published, “Dr. Oz: World’s Best Snake Oil Salesman,” a top Sony ad executive emailed colleagues, “Trouble in the emerald city … I’m worried.” Mosko shrugged it off, responding, “All jealous.”