UKIP have been given a disproportionate account of exposure on QT, not based on an infographic on my social media feed, but based on actual numbers. A quick search brought this up (from 2017):
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/question-time-ukip-nigel-farage_uk_58d95295e4b03787d35ae186
You might not watch it, but it not only commands relatively high viewing figures, but is also used for soundbites across the media with political commentary.
The exposure they got on QT and on BBC news broadcasts, especially on 5live, helped normalise them and brought their message to the focus of many.
I'd be bold enough to say it would have contributed significantly to the slender majority leave had in the referendum.
Of course you're right. It was the BBC that caused Brexit.
You'd think that if that was the case then those who are meant to have been 'normalised by the BBC would see it as pro-Brexit:
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Nothing to do with the millions spent on targeted ads by Vote Leave? The 24 adverts were sent to selected voters based on an data-harvesting algorithms. They were seen by between 2 and 4 million people in the three days before the referendum vote:
This one was specifically for animal lovers.
a simple ad for simple voters.
Some adverts were targeted at younger voters
older voters saw ads focusing on the NHS
This one was targeted at older voters with a reach of up to 25% of men and women over 65.
Boris was the only politician featured apart of course from this one:
"The EU takes away from national parliaments the power to set economic policy and hands it over to an unelected set of bankers." Jeremy Corbyn...
And it was nothing to do with the overwhelming Brexit-bias of the right wing press:
Leave papers: The S*n (print circulation 1.7 million), The Daily Mail (print circulation 1.5 million), The Daily Telegraph (print circulation 490,000), Mail on Sunday (print circulation 1.3 million), The Sunday Times (print circulation 797,000), The Sunday Telegraph (print circulation 370,000), Daily Star (print circulation 425,000).
Remain papers: The Times (print circulation 438,000), The Guardian (print circulation 165,000), The Financial Times (print circulation 198,000), The Observer (print circulation 194,000).
On the fence: i (print circulation 284,000).