austerity at what cost

Suddenly austerity has become a buzz word. Many articles have been written about how the leaders austerity measures are in fact leading to higher cost to the exchequer. This is a known fact. The Leaders recourse to austerity only for public glare and attention. At the most it is symbolic. The only way to curb is to ensure that the Media just ignore them. But Media are nothing but another face of the Leaders. They also want to be in the limelight and for the wahtever the Leaders do or say are the only NEWS. They never play the Constructive role they are expected to do. They also pay only Lip sympathy to Public Issues. The Leaders must be totally ignored by the media if they recourse to such publicity stunts. Is there any such Media Person in this country?