⬇️ The 2016 referendum campaign was stunningly male-dominated.
Newspapers privileged male voices over female by 85% to 15%.
TV coverage favoured men by 3:1.
In the press, 90% of business voices were male & 85% of politicians. This was markedly worse than in *1975*.
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Robert Saunders
Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The promise of a referendum helps David Cameron win a majority. Nigel Farage starts to campaign for Brexit. Boris Johnson and Michael Gove decide whether to back Leave or Remain.
