The blowback on Harvard economists Reinhart and Rogoff when UMass economists found flaws in their seminal 2013 report is noted in NYTimes article

The blowback on Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff caused when UMass Amherst economists found flaws in their seminal report on debt-to-GDP ratios in 2013 is noted in a news article detailing the increasing pressure on academics to make news headlines with their published papers, and the controversy that can arise when the papers are shown to be flawed. (New York Times, 5/31/15)