CBS News and Bloomberg reported on SpaceX's claimed status as the largest IPO in history, its occurrence on a Friday, a Politico parallel to President Trump's executive orders, and Elon Musk's assessment of the company's success odds at under 10 percent. Analyses from progressive, conservative, and libertarian viewpoints interpret these events through differing lenses of power, enterprise, and markets. A devil's advocate review identifies shared assumptions and factual inaccuracies across the reports.