They claimed that it was a flawed analysis, which had been withheld from the public.

Flawed analysis of this vast evidence leads to unnecessary concern and confusion for patients, which can ultimately cost lives.

The best that could be said for the flawed analysis was that technology (the absence of) soaked up criticism that would previously have been directed at the umpires.

Project opponents panned the study on its release, calling it a deeply flawed analysis.