🚨 Satire alert.
The stunning move came less than a week after controversy erupted in response to the release of their 50th anniversary album logo for The Dark Side of the Moon—the group's magnum opus—which prominently features a rainbow, harkening back to the original album cover that depicts light being shone through a glass prism and then dispersing into a spectrum of color. Because physics.
The logo design drew enraged criticism from many who felt the band were attempting to engage in"wokeness" by referencing the Pride flag, the LGBTQ-inclusive banner that was created by gay activist Gilbert Baker five years after the release of The Dark Side of the Moon.Because Pink Floyd had not been banned in Florida, and because reports suggesting otherwise were rooted in something explicitly described as satire, we have therefore ranked this claim as"Labeled Satire.
Klee, Miles."Pink Floyd Army Dunks on Fake Fans Triggered By 'Woke' Rainbow Logo." Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2023, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/pink-floyd-fans-triggered-wok-rainbow-1234664971/. Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer reporting on scientific misinformation, online fraud, and financial crime.
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