Yes, the execs do accept the first boldface as true-it's their premise. And they're on the opposite side of the critic, so something they think is an X. Okay, that's fine. “The second is a consequence of that position.” What position? Oh, they use “position” in the first half of the sentence… the execs' position. The second isn't something about the execs' position. It goes against the execs' position. No.