I don't think there's a single academic research lab out there that doesn't heavily doctor their data to make it publishable to some extent. The best of them "m

I don't think there's a single academic research lab out there that doesn't heavily doctor their data to make it publishable to some extent. The best of them "merely" cherrypick data. The pressures of academia make being honest an extremely bad career choice that can end up with your unemployment. Publish or perish. You can't publish if your results aren't good.