He's been "misquoted" by Scalfari before without any apologies or comments from the latter, and yet Francis continues to go to him for more interviews? It's clear to anyone with any common sense that the quotes are real.
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Jorge-of-Rome Bergoglio is a repeat customer.
Nobody is holding a gun to his head demanding that he has an audience with Eugenio Scalfari "his atheist friend."
How many traditional Catholics can't get the time of day from BoR Jorge?
Having what he says misquoted by someone else gives him the opportunity to say he is misunderstood, which apparently fits his agenda like hand-in-glove. Ask Orenthal James about that one, another expert on being the victim of misunderstanding.
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