Virtually no company, bike or non-bike, that has been around for long is still "real" in the sense that companies, company names, rights to this and that, get bought and sold all the time. So at what point does some brand name cease to be "real"? There are a great number of bike companies that used to manufacture in the USA or Europe, but now do all their building in Asian factories made, obviously by totally different people. These are no less "real" than anything BD is selling?
Redline, for instance, sold out the Seatle Bike Supply years ago, and some (or perhaps all?) of there stuff is manufactured in China...but its still Redline and no ones screaming that monocogs and 925s are not "real" Redlines. Its not that different from what BD is doing with Mercier, Motobecane, etc. If you understand this all that really matters in the end is getting something that is priced right for the level of quality, and, if you have principles, that was manufactured ethically. Who really cares what name is stamped on it? Brand names are basically artifical constructes, and often have little to do with who is actually making the products.