At 35, Alexis Debat was pretty successful. He had a respectable position in a well-regarded think tank, he was a regular face on television, he was quoted in newspapers… why did he need to keep fabricating interviews in a French journal with a limited circulation?

Interesting query, Rue89! But we think we've got it all figured out.

Presumably, Debat did it for the same reason that always drives people to routinely make up semi-believable interviews for modestly read French publications, namely they're insecure, overcompensating for a lifetime of inadequacy and slightly fucked in the head.

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