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by quirkafleeg 3399 days ago
Here are some images of Farage in the (right-wing) Daily Mail for contrast:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/21/1413910453638_Imag...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/15/article-2248755-16...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/10/02/01/39022CC20000057...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/06/1409965807387_wps_...

In fact if you search on farage site:dailymail.co.uk vs farage site:theguardian.com it seems that, if anything, the latter tends to use fewer ridiculous images of him.

The Daily Mail also sometimes uses images of (left-wing) Jeremy Corbyn, such as this:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/05/01/3CD6941A0000057...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/15/00/33DD38440000057...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/15/23/2C5822330000057...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/09/18/351879870000057...

Sometimes it's bias and sometimes it's just poking fun at or ridiculing public figures, but it's everywhere. We're all biased.