It seems to happen frequently on the MSM news channels that when an interviewee down the line starts straying from the accepted script or viewpoint that "technical" problems suddenly develop. It happened yesterday on the BBC and I've noticed it more than once on Channel 4 and Sky News. The interview seems to be proceeding quite normally until the guest broadens the narrow range of questioning and provides more information or a different perspective than one we're accustomed to. These comments are usually (but not always) in connection with the Middle East and Ukraine. Recent examples are of an interview speaking of power failures in Kiev and the constant blare of air raid sirens which means they have to rush down to the shelters. Sure enough, as soon as he started describing these events the picture froze and the sound died. The presenter apologised and said they would try to get the signal back but they never did.

Does this happen time and time again? I think it does. Or is my paranoia at work again?