This isn't any different from the entirety of human history. The people in charge of the books write the books. It's why China does it's best to make the world

This isn't any different from the entirety of human history. The people in charge of the books write the books. It's why China does it's best to make the world forget about Tiananmen Square, or why in the early days of computing, only white men were shown doing the work despite the substantial amount of women in field (especially for things like ballistic calculations). There is also a difference between error and purposeful misrepresentation.