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1. During last week's episode of Talking Through The Medias, The Country Music Association Awards aired without a few key performers who tested positive for COVID. CMA announced it would be moving forward with an in-person event at Nashville’s Music City Center. the CMA found itself in hot water after making a statement encouraging artists to remain apolitical amid the election. “It’s been a year, y’all. But for three hours this is a no-drama zone,” the group tweeted on November 4. Country journalists criticized the statement, including singer-songwriter Margo Price, who tweeted, “Once again, the CMA’s are censoring/whitewashing their show but who’s surprised? anyone still participating is a socially unconscious pawn. artists pander woke authenticity when it benefits them and then sits in silence as they collect their plastic trophies.” The CMA later backtracked with an apology, tweeting, “While our intentions with our social campaign were to communicate to fans that the show will offer a brief escape, we rec