Spencer Pratt — yes, the reality TV personality — is surging in the Los Angeles mayor's race, and the legacy media has no idea what to do about it. Curtis Houck, managing editor of NewsBusters at the Media Research Center, joins Jenny Beth Martin to break down why.
From ABC's Good Morning America branding Pratt a “blunt conservative firebrand” to the organic, voter-made AI ads everyone is sharing, this is a clinic in how a candidate breaks through by going around the press instead of through it. Houck explains the parallels to 2016, the “silent Pratt voter,” and why a simple, common-sense message about public safety and rebuilding after the Palisades fire is landing with Angelenos the establishment wrote off.
You'll learn why message discipline beats consultant polish, what professional politicians keep getting wrong about today's media, and how local races are becoming a roadmap for candidates everywhere.
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00:00 — The GMA Headline Calling Pratt a “Firebrand”
00:17 — Why the Legacy Media Can't Handle Him
01:33 — “The Media Cannot Deal With His Candidacy”
02:42 — How Pratt Broke Through Without a Machine
03:59 — The Organic AI Ads Everyone's Sharing
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