What's the name of the thing where someone decides what outcome they want then manipulates the evidence to make it reach the desired outcome?
Example: Someone is accused of something but there's no evidence. The plaintiff's lawyer exaggerates certain details to make the crime sound more likely to a jury than it was.
Example: The dairy industry setting out to prove dairy is good for you and can't cause cancer then surprisingly funds research that concludes exactly that.
Does this psychology ploy have a name?
Example: Someone is accused of something but there's no evidence. The plaintiff's lawyer exaggerates certain details to make the crime sound more likely to a jury than it was.
Example: The dairy industry setting out to prove dairy is good for you and can't cause cancer then surprisingly funds research that concludes exactly that.
Does this psychology ploy have a name?