Political "robocalls" -- a warning!
Nov. 1st, 2006 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusAccording to this article at WTOPnews.com, many of the automated phone calls you are getting are not from the candidate they mention.
A call may start with, "I want to talk to you about [Candidate X]" and then say many negative things about the candidate, and finally identify the call's source as the candidate's opponent. The problem here is that if you are immediately annoyed by the call, you hang up after hearing the name of Candidate X, and choose not to vote for them.
So when you get these calls, be aware that you don't know who's sending them! Politicians know that they are annoying, and are playing accordingly.
A call may start with, "I want to talk to you about [Candidate X]" and then say many negative things about the candidate, and finally identify the call's source as the candidate's opponent. The problem here is that if you are immediately annoyed by the call, you hang up after hearing the name of Candidate X, and choose not to vote for them.
So when you get these calls, be aware that you don't know who's sending them! Politicians know that they are annoying, and are playing accordingly.
