These are ideals that need to be kept in perspective by responsible media reporting. Although slime sells papers and boosts TV ratings, one must sit back a minute and realize that the media was made to inform and enlight, not to manipulate and control. And hopefully, when it's all said and done, the media will get a hold of the dishonest, unfaithful and cheating politicians, sending them home where they belong, not in Washington running our country. Unfortunately, this is not the role the media currently chooses to take. The media is the life-line of politics.
Political candidates depend on the coverage they receive through the media.
The public depends on the media to tell them who is running for what office. The sole purpose of the media is to inform and possibly educate the public. We, the public, rely on the media to give us unbiased and well researched information. We develop most of our opinions based on the information provided by the media. It is the responsibility of the media to provide truthful and completely unbiased information.