Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters in Swing States - NYTimes.... - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Oct 08
  

  Clay Burell

  Nice to see journalists on this one fact-checking the robocall contents, and correcting them when wrong or mis-leading.
  
  Sad that this is a thing to be excited about, when it's supposed to be the role of journalism to identify lies as lies.
  
  It's interesting to see the expanding use of technology in politics. From TV to websites to twitter to spam robocalls to YouTube, on and on. (And notice this article links to an Obama site to defend against the distortions in the robocalls.)

  elections08 technology

  • Voters in North Carolina have received calls accusing Mr. Obama of opposing legislation aimed at protecting aborted fetuses that show signs of life, a position the call states is “at odds even with John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.”

    “Please vote,” the call continues, “vote for candidates that share our values.”

    The 2003 measure in Illinois that Mr. Obama opposed was virtually identical to federal legislation that Mr. Bush signed into law in 2002 after it was overwhelmingly passed by Congress. But Mr. Obama and other opponents of the Illinois bill have said that the state already had a law protecting aborted fetuses born alive. The Illinois State Medical Society, which also opposed the legislation, said the bill would increase civil liability for doctors and interfere with their patient relationships.

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