It's actually quite surprising how corrupt science can be. It's a great truth that the anti-science folk love to prey upon to conclude science is bunk. The reality is the scientists are, not science. Credible research happens because science has its own self-correcting mechanism that inevitably sifts out the crap but human nature persists because... money, and reputation.
So these ugly garbage articles can persist cause they don't have to go through the same crap. I'm sure you know all this. Just ranting. Argh!