Here are some reminders of just how much the media fawned over prison-bound Michael Avenatti

Doug P. | 4:08 PM on July 08, 2021

As we told you earlier, Michael Avenatti cried while being sentenced to two and a half years in jail for attempting to extort millions of dollars from Nike.

Remember when a good number of media talking heads were carrying Avenatti on their shoulders? It was shameless:

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1413210723031859211

purely for legitimately newsworthy reasons, i'm sure.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) July 8, 2021

funniest twist to this is avenatti claiming in court the media adulation made him think he was untouchable.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) July 8, 2021

The media made Avanetti feel untouchable? Take a bow, “journalists”:

Lest we forget how certain media luminaries fawned over Avenatti. https://t.co/p1wIo6v1TQ

— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 8, 2021

And wouldn’t you know it, select members of the media who were Avenatti fanboys are a little bit quieter now:

There's something noticeably missing from Brian Stelter's twitter feed right now. See if you can guess what it is.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 8, 2021