You'd expect that at this level of responsability and salary, the background check would be more than just a single scroll on his wikipedia page, but then again

You'd expect that at this level of responsability and salary, the background check would be more than just a single scroll on his wikipedia page, but then again a clown is pretty much only hired for a circus, half of those taking those decisions have failed upwards themselves too. Everything you mentioned has gotten successful both late in its existence, and very much after Harrison left.