Granted, there are plenty of so-called journalists who make up quotes — but there are also actions you can take when this happens. I once had an “interviewer” publish an entire piece, quotes and all, which was interesting, since I’d never met or spoken to the person.

I had a few words with the editor in that instance.

I’ve also been interviewed by someone and read the interview and thought, “who is this person? I’m not like that” — but the quotes were all correct –we simply had completely different memories of the whole experience! And since it was correct, I kept my mouth shut. After all, I agreed to do the interview.