Everybody who works in big company knows how much information/details in whatever status report is getting lost by the time that it get's to C level and how muc

Everybody who works in big company knows how much information/details in whatever status report is getting lost by the time that it get's to C level and how much becomes beautified. Now think about system where this chain is much longer and very kleptocratic. By the time reports get "up there" they show what they are expected to show and do not reflect reality.