The fans and people who read are really the only ones that hold them accountable. And the rubbish thats trotted out is a result of what they lap up. what you speak of is the Rugby league version of the kardashians and its pretty weird IMO for dudes to tune into such rubbishFor mine I respect an objective and well grounded opinion that is not a product of bias to any particular club. Hard to get that when the majority of commentators are x players. The other thing I detest are reporters that run with ungrounded rumours regardless of the effects it might have on those subject of the report. I believed that editors and reporters had an edict that required them to have a reliable source of information and something to back up their story. Nowadays I'm not so sure.
Most guys cringe at royal weddings but still crave the melodramatic in other avenues that other guys will accept like sport.