I think it does. Most folks don't know very much about what's going on in their country and around the world. Most people don't wake up and ask themselves how they will hold their government accountable today. Instead, they rely upon legitimate sources of information to create penalties for lying, penalties such as not being re-elected, censure or sanction from their colleagues or a public embarrassment for things they say that are not true.
We see a decrease in many western countries with respect to those kinds of behaviours, both from lawmakers and from news organizations, in some respects, over time. As societies polarize and divide, we see an increasing willingness in people to forgive the sins of their side and focus on the sins of the other side.