People who actually work in the publishing industry have said so, in so many words; one said that she'd spoken to science editors who knew books they were publishing were false and did so anyway.
Sure, it happens all the time, espeically in areas where there are multiple interpretations/strongly competeing theories. Few are so egrigious and the changing technology allows (some)groups to respond more vehemently than was possible in the past.
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