I like how the response was "falsify the metric data" because an ape in a suit somewhere demanded a "correct" metric. And were rewarded for their falsification

I like how the response was "falsify the metric data" because an ape in a suit somewhere demanded a "correct" metric. And were rewarded for their falsification. There's an Aesop's Fables story in there somewhere. I wonder how many metrics people depend on, like jobs data, get the "change the data" to suit ape in suit's needs?