My experience
It was in the 80's. I was not ready to give up my day job and become a Pro.
I was in a casino and there was a network T.V. crew filming a documentary.
A pit boss told me that he wanted to tell them to interview me (on the rapid
rise of the casinos in New Jersey.) I acquiesced.
With the casino's largesse, they interviewed me in an uber-suite.
They swore "up and down" that I would not be identified.
I requested that I be sent a copy of the tape before it is broadcast.
They sent me the tape. Fortunately the documentary never aired (to the best of my knowledge) -
as the narrator's opening "voice-over" began by identifying me by full name - and profession.
Then again, I was once the subject of a N.Y.Times article that profoundly
distorted a story that made me appear to be a pedophile / drug dealer,
but that was "long ago and far away."
It is always wise to cultivate a healthy sense of skepticism as one grows.