I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.
The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth.
If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.