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NPR Radio Interview - Patt Morrison

(National Public Radio - KPCC 89.3)

Robocalls — Surprise, Surprise, Most are Illegal
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The baby's crying. The dog's barking. You're trying to cook dinner. And the phone rings. You pick up and what do you hear? A recorded message telling you why you should vote for John McCain or Barack Obama. Infuriating? An invasion of privacy? Illegal? Freedom of speech? Whatever they are, some people are just fed up with automatic marketing or "Robocalls," as they're commonly known. The National Political Do Not Contact Registry is one such group — they're advocating an outright ban. The calls are already illegal in several states and, depending how they're executed, are illegal in California. Yet the laws, as currently written, are all–but impossible to enforce. So how do you silence your phone? Or does freedom of speech trump this annoyance?

• Shaun Dakin, founder of National Political Do Not Contact Registry
• Moses Ross, political Robocalls.com, representing the American Association of Political Consultants