STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — A Virginia woman says she received more than 13,000 text messages and 600 calls after C-SPAN accidentally plastered her number on TV during the presidential debate.Media outlets report that 26-year-old Tripp Diaz of Stafford began receiving a barrage of texts Monday evening because C-SPAN had just put her number on TV, asking viewers to call and text to comment on the candidates' debate performances.
Thanks, C-span: Virginia Woman Gets 13,000 Political Texts After Tv Mistake
The Providence Journal
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 8:58am
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