Most often it isn't the authors of that make the outrageous claims themselves, it is the selective interpretation of some of the readers. You could argue that t

Most often it isn't the authors of that make the outrageous claims themselves, it is the selective interpretation of some of the readers. You could argue that they are begging the question but I don't think this is true either in modern academic settings. Agreed that academia should have had some integrity and deny the first demands of studies getting removed. Even the bad ones that at least can serve as negative example if nothing else.