Ah, but they had an *analyst*! The "expert in communications" will be able to tell from your answers whether you can deal with humans, even if you were in fact dealing with a robot.
But no. They were trying for a "scientific" process, and I'm pretty sure that rules out America's Al Hurra.
I said quasi-journalist, because they're as much in the business of creating news as they are reporting it. Although nowadays, I guess that's not far off from most of the major media, either.
Or that's the plan.