I mean they aren't political by definition. They exist at a lower layer and are apolitical by default. They can be used or corrupted by politics - and are.
Facts are facts regardless.
That and there is an incredible shortage of reproductions and garbage publications that are difficult or impossible to replicate with the available information.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170411104516.h...
These point to soft sciences, so I suppose my point doesn't stand so much for things like climate change publications, or evolutionary biology.