Maybe the populace is no longer interested in their self-congratulatory idols?

"Live events like awards shows were supposed to be what saves broadcast TV. But even while they’re stuck at home in the middle of a pandemic, viewers have lost interest in kudocasts — and the ratings declines this year don’t bode well for the future of the form.

"The recent performance of the Golden Globes, Grammys and SAG Awards should make the producers of this month’s Oscars nervous. So far this year, year-to-year viewership for The CW’s Critics Choice Awards dropped 69%; NBC’s Golden Globes ceremony was down 62%; TNT and TBS’ simulcast of the SAG Awards dipped 52%; and CBS’ Grammys telecast fell 51%…."

(I did try to embed link, and also a different way. No go)

https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/oscars-awards-show-ratings-1234951546/

Facebook Wants Draft Versions Of FTC Settlement To Remain Confidential

"In 2019, Facebook agreed to pay a record $5 billion in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation sparked by Cambridge Analytica's data harvesting. But before arriving at a final settlement, Facebook and the FTC exchanged several annotated drafts of the deal.

Facebook is now asking a federal appellate court to allow those drafts to remain confidential.

“These draft settlement documents, replete with proposed revisions, reflect Facebook’s confidential commercial information,” the company writes in papers filed late last week with the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. “The subject matter of the revisions reflects Facebook’s commercial priorities and business practices and strategies – information that Facebook does not ordinarily release to the public and considers confidential.

Facebook is urging the court to reverse a ruling issued by U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris in Massachusetts, who said the draft settlement agreements were discoverable through the Freedom of Information Act……"

(Again, tried to embed. Some days yes, some days no)

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/362311/facebook-wants-draft-versions-of-ftc-settlement-to.html

>>13461502

Would that be to try to cover up the Maricopa county ballot investigation? Verdict same day?