Avenatti and the Media Swindlers

American Thinker.com ^ | February 6, 2022 | Clarice Feldman

[Kaslin]

If you want to feed on fake news, be bombarded by endless praise-filled coverage of scoundrels whose fame is undeserved, and listen to just plain idiocy, keep watching television news. With the latest conviction of former media star Michael Avenatti, I’ve made my case. Not only does the story of his rise and fall illustrate my point, but the failure of the media that gave him so much praise and coverage is not the end of it. Their lack of curiosity about his funding, even to this day, further condemns them as mere propagandists for the Left.

At present he’s facing a number of charges for extortion and fraud. He’s charged with shaking down Nike, stealing $1.6 million from a California client, and defrauding a bank in Mississippi by using fake tax returns to secure a loan. And he still owes the IRS for almost a million dollars in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.

This week he was convicted of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from his client Stormy Daniels, the woman who claimed she had had an affair with Donald Trump and received hush money from his lawyer.

The most recent Avenatti conviction brings to my mind the history of his rise and fall, which some may have forgotten.

Following his first conviction -- for extortion against Nike -- Stephen L. Miller detailed the sickening sanctification of this loathsome crook by the media which had even at one point touted him as the next president. Now some of these same people claim it’s Trump’s fault for making him a star, but, of course, that’s nonsense. They made him a star all on their own because he served their ends -- smearing Trump.

[Rennes Templar]

At least Zucker is gone. But the entire CNN staff should apologize on prime time.

[Kaslin]

They should, but they won’t. You can count on it.

[ScaniaBoy]

What a wonderful zinger:

““The View,” the program that I can imagine is only watched by persons too invalided to reach the remote...”