In a new article on Michael Avenatti, Vanity Fair is reporting that reporters and multiple news outlets and at least “one prime-time anchor” were aware of the celebrity attorney’s anger problems yet said nothing in public about the behavior:

So not only did CNN and MSNBC give Avenatti a platform that he exploited to make more money, but they did nothing when he berated and intimidated their employees. https://t.co/XcMSI8Mq63 pic.twitter.com/lMl16W9FhJ — Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 22, 2019

You know, this really would be the perfect story for CNN’s Brian Stelter:

Hey @brianstelter, got a story idea for you https://t.co/bKgFmJt8jK — Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 22, 2019

We don’t want to tell Brian how to do his job, but maybe start by interviewing Don Lemon?

And if Lemon isn’t available to talk, maybe interview some of the people who work on your own show?

And we’re not trolling here. Go get ’em, Brian:

The Vanity Fair article raises a lot of other questions… Media outlets like CNN — maybe especially CNN — turned Avenatti into a folk hero entirely for his efforts to embarrass Donald Trump. If Avenatti is a… https://t.co/p72mGuM756 — Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) May 22, 2019

We’ll also note that Avenatti called the story “garbage” and a “complete hit piece”:

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