New reporting suggests Avenatti revealed glaring flaws in his character to the press while many of its members were boosting him.
In the middle of a new Vanity Fair report charting his fall from grace, Emily Jane Fox included anecdotes about Avenatti's troubling behind-the-scenes behavior at the time of his ascent, sourced to a "Prime time anchor," "a number of reporters," and at least one booker.
Both the prime-time anchor and a reporter "Avenatti raged at" told Vanity Fair he had a habit of engaging in heavy flattery with the media as well.
"Will Avenatti be a media inflection point? His bullying, bordering on abuse, seemed to be an open - and tolerated - secret," Amy Chozick of The New York Times tweeted on Wednesday, linking to the Vanity Fair report.
It's possible, though unlikely, that only a smattering of media members had similar experiences with Avenatti.
If as many people had these experiences as the Vanity Fair report indicates, you can bet a healthy chunk of the press- especially in cable news-was well-aware of them and chose to keep giving Avenatti airtime anyway.
Yes, the media ultimately conducted some solid reporting that exposed Avenatti's problems.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/23/even-alleged-outbursts-media-just-couldnt-quit-michael-avenatti/
In the middle of a new Vanity Fair report charting his fall from grace, Emily Jane Fox included anecdotes about Avenatti's troubling behind-the-scenes behavior at the time of his ascent, sourced to a "Prime time anchor," "a number of reporters," and at least one booker.
Both the prime-time anchor and a reporter "Avenatti raged at" told Vanity Fair he had a habit of engaging in heavy flattery with the media as well.
"Will Avenatti be a media inflection point? His bullying, bordering on abuse, seemed to be an open - and tolerated - secret," Amy Chozick of The New York Times tweeted on Wednesday, linking to the Vanity Fair report.
It's possible, though unlikely, that only a smattering of media members had similar experiences with Avenatti.
If as many people had these experiences as the Vanity Fair report indicates, you can bet a healthy chunk of the press- especially in cable news-was well-aware of them and chose to keep giving Avenatti airtime anyway.
Yes, the media ultimately conducted some solid reporting that exposed Avenatti's problems.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/23/even-alleged-outbursts-media-just-couldnt-quit-michael-avenatti/
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