Who protects us from drivel?

We are in the middle of elections in India and the stakes are very high, much higher in countries such as the US. In western countries politicians are usually rich, educated and with a successful career. But in India politics is the sole career of the vast majority of politicians and the opportunity for incredible wealth which they can pass on to their spawn. There is a certain amount of desperation which leads to idiotic statements. One fellow said that anyone who opposed Mr Modi of the BJP should go to Pakistan to which another fellow replied that anyone who voted for Mr Modi should jump into the sea. A third fellow threatened to chop Modi into pieces. When Mr Modi is called a ' maut ka saudagar ' he feels he is entitled to bring up the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal. Mr Arvind Kejriwal declares combined assets worth Rs 20 million while filing nomination as candidate and then says to the media," I am a fakir." To be fair any apartment in or around Delhi would be easily worth more than Rs 2 million today. Mr Rahul Gandhi talked about how Mr Modi has not acknowledged his estranged wife to which the BJP replied with a video about the wealth of Mr Robert Vadra. Politicians have been known to suffer from foot in mouth disease and with everyone carrying cell phones capable of taking videos every slip is immediately on the net. Mit Romney's famous quote about the 47% of Americans who were never going to vote for him because they lived on handouts probably caused him to lose the presidential election in 2012 and George Bush is still lampooned for saying," Mission accomplished " when the situation in Iraq was going to get significantly worse. But should journalists be allowed to write a load of drivel just because they are on the staff of a newspaper or have achieved name recognition. We agree that there should be freedom of speech but should there be no editorial oversight to see that the intelligence of readers is not insulted. One lady writes about listening to music played by Pakistanis and says that her bags are packed to move to Pakistan if need be. Perhaps she should meet the wife of Lance Naik Hmeraj Singh whose head was paraded in Pakistan. Or maybe she should talk to Hafez Saeed whose sole mission in life is to kill Indians. Then there is this fellow who is incensed because various companies messaged him to cast his ballot. Perhaps he does not know that there is a whole list of countries where voting is compulsory. Politicians we understand but journalists should be restrained from writing rubbish.