There is a growing push to discredit science...
No there isn't. There is a "growing push" to discredit junk science. You mistake it for real science however because that narrative aligns with your agenda.
And it's way more prevalent than you believe. It's worked it's way into the senior academia at prestigious universities such as Harvard and Duke University.
Just googling the phrase "university professor fake data" gets you a list of scandals from different universities as well as other scientific institutions that got caught faking data for an agenda.
There is very little oversight in the academic fields and the only oversight is from other academics double-checking their peers. And the back scratching and quid-pro-quo has given rise to peer review mills that claim to, but do not publish fake peer reviewed papers.
Which is a whole 'nother issue.
Apple would “force” developers to use its payment system to lock in both developers and users on its platform.
Government programs always need fairly costly oversight because of how greedy people really are.
It is very easy to spend other people's money...
Which is exactly you need stringent oversight whenever a private entity manages a public project with public funds.
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." -- Will Rogers