I am hesitant to get involved here, but I have checked with people at our office, and they know nothing about this. It's more likely your cable provider, or a glitch with your recorder. I'll check further, but to our knowledge, there is nothing deliberate going on, and no reason to do it.
As for the complaint about unanswered e-mails, we receive thousands per day so answering them all is simply not possible. I answer those that are addressed to me, but only if they come from verifiable addresses (not Yahoo, Hotmail etc.)
Hope that answers some questions.