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all’s well literature bias

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Occurs when publications omit or play down controversies or disparate results.

Full explanation:

All’s well literature bias refers to a situation in which there is a bias to dominant theories that in some way precludes the publication of opposing theories evidence. The mechanism for how this might happen is not clear although it might be imagined that it could take place either subconsciously, or consciously by those who have vested interests in maintaining the currently dominant theory.

Example:

Read the full entry: All's well literature bias in the Catalogue of Bias.

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