The researchers wrote neither of the articles. Two people are claiming the researchers say/mean different things. In both cases you have no access to what the

The researchers wrote neither of the articles. Two people are claiming the researchers say/mean different things. In both cases you have no access to what the researchers have actually told either. So yes, you have two people talking about an event (their interaction/reading of some research and the researchers). Both are telling you that the research and researchers prove their point of view.