A pretty sad and frustrating state of affairs.
It seems there are precious few "authorities" of any kind that have any real honesty about them, from the Church to Police, awards committees, Government, you name it.
The chancers are laughing at anyone with a grain of integrity.
It's not what you know, but who you know that matters. A phrase that was postulated to me many years ago by a total chancer.
At least it didn't do him any good though.
I shall sleep tonight knowing that whatever I've done with my life, I actually did it, whatever it's worth.