misrepresent

vt. 误称(把...颠倒黑白,错误表现)

The charge is that the producers of the programme either deliberately misrepresented its nature, or foolishly slid into changing its purpose during production--or both. Of course, it is a matter of judgement whether the charge is made to stick.

指控说这个节目的制作者们要么有意地歪曲了节目的性质，要么就是在制作过程中愚蠢地改变了节目的目的——或者两种情况都有。当然，指控是否成立，还要看法官的裁决。