I’ve been getting robo-text messages from the Nikki Haley campaign asking me to view an important message from the former South Carolina governor. The texts are addressed to Jerry, and they apparently assume I am a Republican. This is part of a technological shift in campaigning that has been in process for decades, on a continuum of efforts that include direct mail, astroturfing (the use of faux grassroots groups), mass emailing, robo-calling, fax (and, later, email) “bombs,” and other low-effort assaults.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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