This is specifically where bias comes in. People selectively prune the tree in ways that are either interesting (in a positive take) or deceptively based on the

This is specifically where bias comes in. People selectively prune the tree in ways that are either interesting (in a positive take) or deceptively based on their desire to avoid certain topics. Because the tree can be so large it isn’t always obvious even to the author whether they picked a branch because it was useful or because it served some other purpose - divert focus to a team they want to see behave differently, avoid taking blame for something, avoid being asked to fix something they don’t want to, etc. So, in this case the real question is “will they pick the branch that blames the people that pay and promote them, or take the branches that are of the least resistance.” Something this contentious would be vetted by committee in some way or another and at that point any upward finger pointing would be almost certainly curtailed in favor of a less contentious branch.