I agree with you and find it aggravating as I see it in politics all the time. Otherwise smart, effective people stay all over peripheral instead of core issues.

An example is recent election. People are citing what each candidate says or promises despite admiting the whole game is to lie for votes then do what they're paid to do by their contributors. So, you look at voting history and prior business activity to determine both likely action and character. Got Hillary and Trump filtered out almost instantaneiusly for me whereas they rise to the top for the masses. "But he/she said..." (Sighs)