It amazes me that so many people blame the politicians and not the people who elected them.
Well we can’t recall the voters, so there is no point in addressing them. They are a problem because in the US there used to be an FCC rule that said “if you call yourself a news program, you must tell the truth,” and that was overridden by the Supreme Court during Reagan’s term.
Blaming voters for being stupid is not widely accepted yet.