Truth Serum?

I know I've been talking about the Mets a lot lately, but it was very hard to see this article by Ian O'Connor and not have something to say. O'Connor rights about how Santana regrets coming to New York, wishing he could've been traded to the Yankees. He writes this based on his thorough research, which consists of O'Connor conducting a fictitious interview with Santana after spiking his water with "truth serum". I know I'm an amateur observer of the sports world here, but this is not reporting. All the factual reporting in the article taken from ACTUAL interview with Johan do not state nor imply anything that could be the foundation for this column. The foundation is 100% fabrication, and it is remarkable that is is passing here as legitimate reporting. I understand that there is a place for column-writing and opinion, as I take liberties of this nature constantly, but there is a professional way to present it and there is an unprofessional way to present it. Writing an article based on a fictional interview, putting words in the mouth of a professional baseball player who has to answer to the city and fans that you are forcing him to criticize, is not the way to do it. If Ian O'Connor thinks that it was a mistake for Johan Santana to have ended up in Flushing Meadows, he has the right to express that opinion as his own, and I'm sure he would not be alone in that opinion. However, until Johan Santana expresses something relevant to that train of thought, it should be left off his lips, whether they real or fantasy.

-APT

Matt Cerone of metsblog.com shared a very similar sentiment here.