In reply to David B Teague.

This all reminds me of the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry accuses the weatherman of falsely predicting rain, so all the golf club members will stay home and the weatherman can have the course to himself.

Perhaps this isn't so far fetched. In the book Superforecasting, Tetlock and Gardner point out that self-interest, not just accuracy, can be motivation for any forecaster. The classic example is asking sales people their forecast in order to set the sales quota. It seems likely that the self-interest of having a lower quota will trump any motivation for a more accurate forecast.