Jackie Robinson also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously during Reagan's presidency. Granted, a much bigger impact than Tiger's, but Mr. Robinson would have never had the opportunity without first being great at a sport.

But yeah, we could have waited a bit on Tiger's. I'm going to make a terribly risky gamble and insinuate that maybe Trump awarded the medal to entice Tiger to play at events on his golf courses in the future instead of being based on outstanding meritorious service to the American people.

Any industry truce is a joke. There's no power behind it unless people who inevitably break the truce are thrown into jail for a very long time. The actual beneficiaries, not the scapegoats.

Keep in mind that a lot of creators of fake content will also use artificial means (bots) to boost their content's visibility/engagement. While some will fall for it occasionally, it's being amplified by fake voices.

Blue Jay: "Your real voice is so terrible that they dub over you in all the movies!"

I don't think Pink Floyd would have direct involvement, but a stakeholder could have paid for marketing / social media exposure and this stirring controversy is one strategy used.

Most of the "woke" things being attacked by conservatives are astroturfed. At least when it comes to the viral propagation and amplification, especially by conservative "news".

It seems so dumb that I don't know if actual idiots started this or if this is an astroturfing campaign for either: 1. getting people talking about the album to drive sales or 2. driving more division in the culture war.