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Callixtus posted...

Yes, I do actually think it happens. Look at the link I posted.

I believe it does, too--and you're very correct. The following excerpt from the article you provided is very telling. People in power who hold an agenda will largely not publish dissenting studies or views, much in the same way the mainstream media has gatekeepers which will largely not stray from their own agenda in providing the "news" they want to provide to the masses.

"He quoted — anonymously — from their e-mails describing how they hid their feelings when colleagues made political small talk and jokes predicated on the assumption that everyone was a liberal.

“I consider myself very middle-of-the-road politically: a social liberal but fiscal conservative. Nonetheless, I avoid the topic of politics around work,” one student wrote. “Given what I’ve read of the literature, I am certain any research I conducted in political psychology would provide contrary findings and, therefore, go unpublished. Although I think I could make a substantial contribution to the knowledge base, and would be excited to do so, I will not."”
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