[SamuraiScot]

That is the way it is done. Not unusual. A reporter wants to interview you what is the first thing you ask?

Fair enough. The difference is when they tell you in advance the interview is about one thing, and once you're live, they ask you something else. They do this to conservatives. To Stalinists, not so much.

[gunsequalfreedom]

The difference is when they tell you in advance the interview something else.

If it is recorded for later broadcast, that is easily enough dealt with. You simple answer with the line you worked out ahead of the interview. Their questions don't appear in what eventually gets broadcast.