If we are concerned particularly about ideological aspects of the next round of methodological misadventures, then the phenomenon of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism also warrants study. To some extent, the claim that such a thing as ‘data science’ can exist apart from the discipline of Statistics amounts to an abandonment of principles in favor of powerful interests — in this case, primarily those of Commerce.
But one can also find recent examples of outrages against statistics flattered even by a first-rate statistician, presumably to curry favor with powerful regulatory authorities.