NPR: Spencer Pratt https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-123223 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 21 May 2026 09:46:51 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Spencer Pratt https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-123223/spencer-pratt Spencer Pratt is 'winning the internet,' but can he become mayor of Los Angeles? Pratt, a former reality TV star, is flooding social media with edgy humor, AI slop and combative rhetoric as a way of grabbing attention and winning the vote of the very online. It's a strategy some political experts see as the future of online campaigning. Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5827724/spencer-pratt-los-angeles-mayor-ai-slop-manosphere https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5827724/spencer-pratt-los-angeles-mayor-ai-slop-manosphere

Pratt, a former reality TV star, is flooding social media with edgy humor, AI slop and combative rhetoric as a way of grabbing attention and winning the vote of the very online. It's a strategy some political experts see as the future of online campaigning.

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