{"id":587009,"date":"2021-07-09T12:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587009"},"modified":"2021-07-09T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:36:00","slug":"opinion-dont-forget-that-the-media-adored-michael-handcuffs-avenatti-pushing-him-as-a-future-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-dont-forget-that-the-media-adored-michael-handcuffs-avenatti-pushing-him-as-a-future-president\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Don\u2019t Forget That The Media Adored Michael \u2018Handcuffs\u2019 Avenatti, Pushing Him As A Future President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopinion-dont-forget-that-the-media-adored-michael-handcuffs-avenatti-pushing-him-as-a-future-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587009&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1146788863-e1625847435744.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>On Thursday, a New York judge sentenced former lawyer Michael Avenatti to 30 months in prison, after Avenatti attempted to extort Nike of up to $25 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMr. Avenatti\u2019s conduct was outrageous. He hijacked his client\u2019s claims, and he used those claims to further his own agenda \u2014 which was to extort millions of dollars from Nike to enrich himself,\u201d Judge Paul Gardephe of the Southern District of New York <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-michael-avenatti-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-after-reportedly-crying-in-court\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMr. Avenatti had become drunk on the power of his platform, or what he perceived the power of his platform to be. He had become someone who operated as if the laws and rules that apply to everyone else didn\u2019t apply to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The notion that Michael Avenatti is a narcissistic sleaze-ball is hardly news to conservative Americans, of course. Just one example was provide by outgoing co-host of The View, Meghan McCain, who spoke for all of us when Avenatti \u2014 ironically \u2014 announced that all of his sexual fantasies involve handcuffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2649572649573\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s an Avenatti clip for everything<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/trh0oqMCrR\">pic.twitter.com\/trh0oqMCrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1110306058080272385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As the legacy media passively report on Avenatti\u2019s legal downfall, it\u2019s important to remind ourselves of one important piece of context the Left is desperately trying to bury: Michael Avenatti was actively promoted and celebrated as a high-profile and serious voice on behalf of the Democratic Party. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The now disgraced lawyer couldn\u2019t appear on CNN often enough, receiving so much screen time that he amassed nearly $175 million in free media on MSNBC and CNN in just two months, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/cnn-msnbc-have-given-stormy-daniels-lawyer-michael-avenatti-175-million-in-earned-media\/\"><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among these 108 appearances over just a 64-day period, he featured on CNN\u2019s \u201cAnderson Cooper 360\u201d at least 20 times, on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe Last Word with Lawrence O\u2019Donnell\u201d 14 times, and CNN\u2019s \u201cTonight with Don Lemon\u201d eight times. According to Newsbusters, Avenatti appeared on CNN more than once per day during this period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Avenatti was adored as a Leftist hero because he opposed the big bad orange man, President Donald Trump. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/michael-avenatti-the-adrenaline-fueled-lawyer-taking-on-donald-trump\/2018\/03\/25\/3ef5cbdc-2e88-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span> gushed over the man, with one headline, \u201cMichael Avenatti, the adrenaline-fueled lawyer taking on President Trump.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2018\/may\/30\/michael-avenatti-donald-trump-stormy-daniels\"><span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a><span> described Avenatti as \u201cTrump\u2019s enemy No 1,\u201d while multiple outlets even promoted the idea that Avenatti could run for president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMichael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels\u2019s Lawyer, Eyes Another Gig: President,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/09\/us\/politics\/michael-avenatti-president.html\"><span>The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAvenatti\u2019s \u2018swagger\u2019 stirs Iowa Democrats,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/avenatti-s-swagger-stirs-iowa-democrats-n900486\">NBC News<\/a>. \u201cPresident Michael Avenatti? Never say never!\u201d wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/05\/politics\/michael-avenatti-donald-trump-2020\/index.html\"><span>Chris Cillizza<\/span><\/a><span>, CNN\u2019s Editor-at-large.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Well, Chris, I think <\/span><i><span>now<\/span><\/i><span> we can say never.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let\u2019s play the \u201cwhat if the handcuff was on the other wrist\u201d game for a moment. What if some conservative outlets had embraced a lawyer who later faced legal consequences for their actions and that this same conservative media had promoted the idea that this lawyer could run for president? CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the rest of the legacy media would be drooling with glee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Except, in this case, the disgraced lawyer is a Democrat for whom the legacy media could not throw themselves into Michael Avenattis\u2019 red room fast enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As he is dragged away, the media are now the jilted lover, pretending they never even met.<\/p>\n<p><span>Isn\u2019t life easy when you\u2019re a Democrat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span> @ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a New York judge sentenced former lawyer Michael Avenatti to 30 months in prison, after Avenatti attempted to extort Nike of up to $25 million.\u201cMr. Avenatti\u2019s conduct was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314347,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1146788863-e1625847435744.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: Don\u2019t Forget That The Media Adored Michael \u2018Handcuffs\u2019 Avenatti, Pushing Him As A Future President","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1146788863-e1625847435744.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"OPINION: Don\u2019t Forget That The Media Adored Michael \u2018Handcuffs\u2019 Avenatti, Pushing Him As A Future President","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}