{"id":587177,"date":"2021-07-09T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587177"},"modified":"2021-07-09T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:35:59","slug":"mainstream-media-featured-avenatti-254-times-in-one-year-with-half-of-appearances-coming-from-cnn-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-featured-avenatti-254-times-in-one-year-with-half-of-appearances-coming-from-cnn-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream Media Featured Avenatti 254 Times in One Year, With Half Of Appearances Coming From CNN Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fmainstream-media-featured-avenatti-254-times-in-one-year-with-half-of-appearances-coming-from-cnn-alone%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=587177&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-1125232561.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Michael Avenatti \u2014 the attorney who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her case against President Donald Trump \u2014 was sentenced yesterday to thirty months in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Avenatti had attempted to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-michael-avenatti-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-after-reportedly-crying-in-court\"><span>extort<\/span><\/a><span> $25 million from Nike. According to prosecutors, Avenatti \u201csought to enrich himself by weaponizing his public profile in an attempt to extort a publicly-traded company out of tens of millions of dollars.\u201d He has also allegedly stolen $300,000 from Daniels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was only a few years ago, however, that Avenatti was seen by many as a rising <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/opinion-dont-forget-that-the-media-adored-michael-handcuffs-avenatti-pushing-him-as-a-future-president\"><span>star<\/span><\/a><span> in the Democratic Party. Some even saw him as a presidential contender who could reciprocate Trump\u2019s aggressive campaign tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to The Daily Signal\u2019s reporting on analysis from Newsbusters, Avenatti appeared on major television networks 254 times in the year preceding his arrest for domestic abuse charges. CNN alone represented 48% of the appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CNN, Mainstream Media&#039;s Worshipping of Michael Avenatti\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrJwjYPQvhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Brian Stelter, for example, invited Avenatti onto his show for a nine-minute segment unpacking Avenatti\u2019s recent interview with Tucker Carlson. Stelter praised Avenatti for \u201cturning [questions] around\u201d on the Fox anchor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Avenatti fires back at Fox&#039;s Tucker Carlson: He doesn&#039;t want to debate me\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UgRPGX55VVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMany Democrats say \u2018no\u2019 to Fox\u2019s interview requests. Many 2020 hopefuls. So I\u2019m curious: why did you say yes?\u201d asked Stelter. Avenatti responded: \u201cWell, Brian, if you\u2019re going to be a fighter \u2014 and if you\u2019re going to be a fighter for the future of this country and lead the Democratic Party \u2014 then you can\u2019t be ducking fights. Frankly, sometimes you have to go into the belly of the beast, as they say.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chris Cuomo and Avenatti discussed allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Avenatti responds to Trump: He&#039;s a habitual liar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dfvBnIcAJ_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou are not the story \u2014 I do not intend to make you as such \u2014 but I do think you have to be given a chance to respond to the President of the United States who called you a con man,\u201d said Cuomo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf anyone knows a con, I guess it would be Donald Trump based on the last two years,\u201d Avenatti replied. \u201cHe\u2019s a habitual liar. He\u2019s trying to distract away from the very serious allegations made by multiple women against Brett Kavanaugh, who has no business being on the U.S. Supreme Court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Far beyond CNN, personalities from virtually every other left-leaning outlet gushed over Avenatti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MSNBC\u2019s Joy-Ann Reid called him \u201cbrilliant\u201d and \u201ctelegenic.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now I say perhaps because these two takes from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyAnnReid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoyAnnReid<\/a> should be etched into stone for the rest of human history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulsf2DrxYF\">pic.twitter.com\/ulsf2DrxYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1413275476509011969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Washington Post\u2019s Jennifer Rubin \u2014 telling Avenatti \u201cI love ya\u201d \u2014 encouraged him to run for Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5907335907336\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But maybe the all-time best comes from \u2013 who else \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JRubinBlogger<\/a>, who politely asked Avenatti to consider running for Congress before running for President (\u201cI love ya, but\u2026\u201d) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEMAjDoXPx\">pic.twitter.com\/wEMAjDoXPx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1413275483970621444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Slate called him \u201cthe brilliant egomaniac who could bring down Donald Trump.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9391304347826\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Slate<\/a> presented without comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ex4sixxYFO\">pic.twitter.com\/Ex4sixxYFO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1413275535627653120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThere should be an enormous lesson here: the media is incredibly vulnerable to a certain variety of camera-savvy huckster who tells them what they want to hear,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1413275566225166342\"><span>commented<\/span><\/a><span> journalist Drew Holden. \u201cThe media was the mark, and boy did they get taken by Michael Avenatti.\u201d<\/span><\/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>Michael Avenatti \u2014 the attorney who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her case against President Donald Trump \u2014 was sentenced yesterday to thirty months in jail.Avenatti had attempted to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314363,"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-1125232561.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Mainstream Media Featured Avenatti 254 Times in One Year, With Half Of Appearances Coming From CNN Alone","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587177","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-1125232561.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Mainstream Media Featured Avenatti 254 Times in One Year, With Half Of Appearances Coming From CNN Alone","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587177","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=587177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}