Many of the people that make it into politics are there for the sake of power. Governance and whatever political sports team they wear a jersey for is secondary. That’s how you get varying levels of knowledge about what a government is/does, none of the application for it, and lots of political theater. There are a few that actually care and legitimately try, but they’re so booooooring and lame and no one actually wants to hear news coverage over legislation. Media and politicians care about actually cool things like that one outrageous thing some other politician said or some vague inactionable speech about why you should elect them.