If your goal is to influence journalists to write better headlines, then it matters whether the journalist has the ability to take responsibility over headlines.
If your goal is to stop journalists from misrepresenting you, then it doesn’t actually matter whether the journalist has the ability to take responsibility, all that matters is whether they do take responsibility.
If the journalist accurately represents my position in the text of the article I would already see that as a win in most of the media interviews (I have given a bunch but it was a decade ago).
If your goal is to influence journalists to write better headlines, then it matters whether the journalist has the ability to take responsibility over headlines.
If your goal is to stop journalists from misrepresenting you, then it doesn’t actually matter whether the journalist has the ability to take responsibility, all that matters is whether they do take responsibility.
If the journalist accurately represents my position in the text of the article I would already see that as a win in most of the media interviews (I have given a bunch but it was a decade ago).