Why is the media so afraid of Spencer Pratt?
By Easton Martin | May 19, 2026
The establishment media in Los Angeles is officially in an all out frenzy, panicking over the reality that Spencer Pratt is surging in the polls for the city mayoral race. As the June primary approaches, legacy outlets and gossip networks are combining forces to tear down his candidacy, completely terrified that an outsider might disrupt the status quo at City Hall.
The media panic is pathetic. A recent UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs poll shows Pratt holding second place, ahead of progressive City Councilmember Nithya Raman, leaving the political class desperate to protect incumbent Karen Bass. Instead of focusing on substance, outlets like TMZ are running hit pieces that focus on whether Pratt is living in an Airstream trailer on his fire damaged lot or staying at a luxury hotel. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times has dismissed his entire platform, writing condescending analyses that paint Pratt merely as a dangerous product of the reality television industrial complex.
What exactly is the media so afraid of? They seem terrified that Pratt will actually follow through on his promises to clean up the city. His platform focuses directly on taking a hardline approach to clear homeless encampments, removing drug addicts from the streets, and shifting toward a treatment first model.
He has also vowed to launch forensic audits to shut down the fraudulent businesses and non competitive insider contracts that have drained the city budget for years. Furthermore, having lost his own Pacific Palisades home in the devastating 2025 wildfires, Pratt has made wildfire protection and cutting through bureaucratic red tape a central pillar of his campaign.
The establishment wants voters to believe Pratt is just an unqualified reality TV villain, completely ignoring his actual background.
The media conveniently forgets to mention that Pratt holds a political science degree from the University of Southern California, giving him a firm grasp of the exact civic structures he is trying to fix. As voters show they are tired of career politicians, the corporate media machine is working overtime because they know their grip on Los Angeles politics is finally slipping.
