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Spencer Pratt Accuses Karen Bass of Misusing CBS Footage
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Did Karen Bass's team exploit CBS news footage for a political hit piece? Spencer Pratt claims after CBS fact-checked Bass's debate statements on the Palisades Fire, they filmed with him for over an hour on his burned property. Pratt alleges this extensive footage was then handed to Bass's PR team, who allegedly edited it into a five-minute "hit piece" that misrepresents the situation. He asserts the footage was manipulated to create a comical narrative. The original context was Bass's debate claims about the fire, which CBS reportedly fact-checked. Pratt's accusation suggests a potential misuse of media resources for political campaigning, where the network's initial fact-checking efforts may have been circumvented by a subsequent PR strategy.