Licht and Musk are similar in that they both hold right-of-center (Licht) or right-of-right (Musk) views, convinced themselves that they’re representative of the median American, and bet their respective media orgs on amplifying their views on the assumption that a majority of Americans would flock to them. Instead, they’ve hemorrhaged viewers/users, alienated key personnel and, in Musk’s case, terrified advertisers. If the market is the ultimate arbiter of theses, theirs have been thoroughly falsified.