They still run the audio recording manually through SSH and then claim that your TV is spying on your private conversations "silently".

Otherwise, they start a voice command service (clearly displayed on the screen) and then say your TV is recording on your conversation. Like duh, of course my TV starts recording voice when I use voice commands.

And of course you have to trust LG with their TV and (not) having access. That same logic applies to every different company.