'package' definition; present (someone or something) in an attractive or advantageous way. I cannot see how anybody could deny that this has happened in the case of Pardon.

Somebody took offence (as I interpreted the tone of the comment) to my use of the expression Pardon industry. Again, I stick by it, meaning it as per this definition: informal an activity or domain in which a great deal of effort is expended. as in "the Shakespeare industry". Obviously the Shakespeare industry is bigger, but I think it fair to say that there has been a Pardon industry.