I don't think anyone's interviewed Avenatti for 5 years to so, except re his reaction to being himself jailed.
The fact is that Cohen's a liar, Trump's a liar and Costello appears to have little loyalty to a former client and may well be stepping across a number of ethical fault lines by chitty-chatting about former clients to liar Tucker Carlson. They're ALL liars and shitbags. Trump attracts liars and shitbags. It's what he does.
But if the GOP and Fox get to talk about Hunter Biden and Benghazi for year after year and then do fuck all about any of that, there's nothing to say that the NY DA's office can't do the same shit right back to Trump. And Trump seems to enjoy it more than anyone. It gets him drama and attention and he wallows in that like a fat orange hippo wallows in mud.
Your points are all fine and I'm mostly in agreement. In a world with 24/7 news and social media, politics is a form of infotainment. Information packaged in the most titillating manner for entertainment value. Many here get confused and are convinced their news diet is healthy and unadulterated. Certainly, Trump is a product of this modern phenomenon.
Getting back to your post, I don't think it addresses my basic point that CNN and MSNBC are very biased. A point that some seem to habitually try to dismiss. I know Avenatti was on the networks five years ago. He was oddly on 108 times in two months, but strangely CNN and MSNBC have no interest in speaking with Costello now that this Stormy Daniels case won't die a peaceful death.
Fox News did have Avenatti on for a longer interview. Now I know Tucker Carlson challenged him aggressively, but Avenatti had plenty of air time. Earlier in 2018, Avenatti canceled an interview with Fox news anchor Martha MacCallum. He actually said Fox didn't want to interview him. So whether one likes Fox News or not, they don't seem to have a problem having people on with differing points of view.