@Tony even scientific publishing is full of fake news

https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-scientific-papers-are-alarmingly-common

There is also a "replication crisis" meaning even supposedly good science often times can't be replicated.

https://wl.vern.cc/wiki/Replication_crisis

Of course scientific publishing is really nothing more than a way to extract massive amounts of money from governments (people). Government pays to have a study done, then buys the journal for the data from the study. Absolute boondoggle.