Reply #1: Hang up on 'robo calls'

[MelissaB]

Hang up on 'robo calls'

AFTER one of the most wearisome election campaigns in memory, most Americans have learned that being on the national "do not call" list didn't protect them from an endless stream of recorded political pitches over the telephone.

These "robo calls," as it turns out, are exempt from the ban on commercial phone solicitation, but we would wager that a majority of highly annoyed citizens now believe they shouldn't be.

And therein lies the rub for the political operatives who produce such calls. They could very well end up being counterproductive, simply by alienating the voters they were designed to influence.


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