* Pandemics necessarily prompt a reflection on the normal. In America, that, alas, also includes random gun massacres. “Shootings are part of what normalcy looks like in this country, sadly,” notes “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt. “We almost know how this story is going to go,” says “CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King. “We’re going to mourn, we’re going to pray, we’re going to repeat.”
* 50 years ago: The ban on cigarette advertising on TV and radio kicked in. The measure was signed by President Richard M. Nixon.
* Another day at the (“stop-the-steal”) orifice: Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Previously, Smartmatic, another voting technology company, filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit over a “disinformation campaign.”