Premise:
"The technology of satellite TV--one 18-inch dish on the deck of my apartment receiving 207 channels from something flying in space thousands of miles away--is wonderful."
Hypothesis: The technology behind satellite TV is wonderful.

yes

Premise:
"Freely flowing comps (complimentary food, drink, and entertainment) were the order of the day, with mob bosses content to provide an environment of pleasurable excess as long as the cash kept rolling in."
Hypothesis: At the time food, drink, and other luxuries were very expensive for patrons.

no

Premise:
"In practice, they tend to make wild claims about the former and ignore the latter."
Hypothesis: They tend to exaggerate about the former and totally ignore the latter, and it just makes a mess of the whole situation.
it is not possible to tell