I would surely think that the country that was misrepresented would take action.
From the economist.com
He's misrepresented AV horrifically, trying to pretend no-one can understand it.
From the guardian.co.uk
The players also claim the NFL misrepresented the seriousness of their injuries.
From the stltoday.com
Slay said he believes some of the bills authorizing changes were misrepresented.
From the stltoday.com
The work was lost to the Western world and often misrepresented for a long time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The reader may feel the parent of a bygone era has been slightly misrepresented.
From the express.co.uk
Our apologies for the editing error that led to his views being misrepresented.
From the newscientist.com
Much science is misrepresented or mistranslated as it reaches the public arena.
From the scienceblogs.com
So, yes, the creationists seem to have rather misrepresented what the paper said.
From the scienceblogs.com
More examples
Represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
Fudge: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
(misrepresentation) a misleading falsehood
(misrepresentation) falsification: a willful perversion of facts
(misrepresented) distorted: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
Misrepresentation is a contract law concept. It means a false statement of fact made by one party to another party, which has the effect of inducing that party into the contract. ...
(Misrepresentation (sociology)) Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective stemming from symbolic interactionism. ...
To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something
(Misrepresentation) A statement by one party in a transaction that is incorrect or misleading. Most misrepresentations are deemed to be intentional and thus may constitute fraud. Others, however, some are rendered through simple mistakes, oversights or negligence.