Spencer Pratt talks Los Angeles mayoral campaign, debate performance: Watch the full interview
Pratt says CBS cut an hour-long interview to five minutes after fact-checking Bass, then posted the full version four hours later.
- Spencer Pratt, mayoral candidate, accused CBS on Saturday of coordinating with Karen Bass's PR team to edit his interview into a 'hit piece,' demanding the network release the full, 1-hour conversation online.
- Following the Palisades Fire that destroyed his home, Pratt, a registered Republican, launched his populist mayoral campaign, attacking incumbents Karen Bass and Nithya Raman while drawing comparisons to Donald Trump.
- Pratt cited a $16 million settlement CBS paid Trump last July for deceptive editing of a Kamala Harris interview, claiming his 1-hour interview was reduced to a 5-minute segment favoring Bass.
- CBS released the full, unedited interview online four hours later, though neither the network nor a spokesperson for Karen Bass returned requests for comment on Saturday.
- Despite the controversy, Pratt has surged in polling with a nimble social media strategy, while supporters like Caroline Sunshine, who worked on Trump's 2024 run, argue his anti-establishment energy mirrors the path to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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