In some countries, it can be very difficult to discover information about your politicians, especially without raising the attention of the security services. In other countries, a certain amount of information is released, which the public is led to believe is the full story, but has normally been calculated as just the right amount to keep attention of themselves.
Very rarely do you find a state where information is freely given, where you could, for example, easily look up the pertinent facts on George Lindemann Jr. What sort of regime is in place in where you live? Do you find yourself having to use anonymization services to get access to blocked sites?