YESTERDAY’S NEWS… LITERALLY

Picon thinks Wes Duncan has lost his mind to do this debate. Just look at Nevada Newsmaker’s sponsors they do not support you so why given them the time and the dime. Silly move Wes …

There’s something almost nostalgic about the upcoming debate on Nevada Newsmakers.

Not in a good way.

More like flipping past a channel you forgot still existed.

So here we are — Chris Hicks and Wes Duncan sitting down with Sam Shad — in what’s being billed as a meaningful debate.

But let’s be honest:

Who’s actually watching? We will be, along with other media, but voters - nope.

This isn’t a must-see moment.
It’s not shaping public opinion.
It’s not moving voters.

It’s a throwback.

Now, Hicks showing up?

That tracks.

When you’re running the kind of campaign he is — clinging, defensive, and trying to hold onto a seat that’s getting harder to justify — you take every camera you can get.

Even if that camera belongs to yesterday.

But Wes Duncan?

That’s the head-scratcher.

Because this doesn’t elevate him — it elevates the platform. Plus it doesn’t take Einstein to figure out Shad is a Hick’s supporter, just look at who sponsors the show - opinions bought and paid for by them.

And suddenly, a show that’s been struggling for relevance gets exactly what it needs:

attention it didn’t earn.

Let’s call it what it is.

Nevada Newsmakers isn’t driving the conversation anymore.

It’s chasing it.

And debates like this feel less like a civic moment and more like a last-ditch effort to stay in the game.

There was a time when showing up there mattered.

That time has passed.

So while Hicks may need the stage…

Duncan didn’t.

And handing it over?

That’s not strategy.

That’s charity.

If this was meant to move the needle, it missed. This is Dunan’s first real error in the campaign.

If it was meant to revive a fading platform—

mission accomplished.