This is just the same theme that any big lobbying industry will use. Tobacco, oil, Pharma, agriculture, Auto, you name it. They all do the same. Sponsor some re

This is just the same theme that any big lobbying industry will use. Tobacco, oil, Pharma, agriculture, Auto, you name it. They all do the same. Sponsor some research that either questions or contradicts anything negative to the industry, while hopefully producing some industry specific positive studies. A friend of mine is doing his PhD on this. This isn’t small business or trivial / niche research. This tactic runs and controls all top US universities (MIT, Stanford, Harvard), or at least the critical departments he looked in-depth at. Ironically “controversial” researchers will also get disproportionate media coverage, as media tries to find pro and against statements. Thankfully the worst researchers have started being branded as evil. A lot more to be done though...