I think with Brexit was just the outright lies. We don't have that in our elections normally, they are on the whole fairly tame, yeah some of the tabloids might go too far but that was on another level from the politicians, it reminded me more of US elections and that is not something we should ever look to replicate.
Yes, lies indeed, on both sides.. (
https://capx.co/voters-were-misled-over-brexit-but-not-by-the-leave-campaign/) on top of all the lies on the Leave side..
My point is, everything is highly propagandised recently, and media outlets know precisely how to feed in to this, and it's a human hack, people feed of emotion so readily and the more emotional they become, the more they feed, this is universal, not a left or right thing..
This is why your news feeds have (over the last 2-3 years) become endless attention grabbing headlines.. how many times do I see the weather being reported as "Massive 16C heatwave set to blast the UK in December, we give you the exact date it'll happen".. only to be suckered in, click, find absolutely nothing of substance, then when that date arrives, we have a miserable 10C and rain..
This is why Youtube content creators from all walks all admit they've had to do the click bait titles with emotional language/agenda because they work.. this is for boring crap like EV Car Reviews, Tech Channels, etc..
And yes, it of course is rife in politics, the difference being, it's rife on all sides.. This is why everyone on both sides tend to now 'hate' rather than just 'disagree' or 'not like'..