there is nothing that we can do to stop it from happening. We do it to them and vice versa.
Usually we don't know about the results because they don't want anyone to know if they have been successful.
Goes for both sides. As for the people, it is fair game that anything can be used to decide election, etc.
We are not involved in the taking. Besides a look into the real world is often good for the people.
In this case it is pretty much ignored because people depend on the news media for this information.
Since they do not do a good job, it will go mostly unheeded.