The subject on that week of 'Question Time' was about politics and the BBC decided to include two people who could influence the people's decision. Whether the public would listen to a person who is irrelevant to politicians over a man who is associated with them is debatable as his (Russell Brand) input is as significant as ours. Therefore, the obvious binary opposition is between Russell Brand and Nigel Farage. When Russel Brand supports the majority of the country's ideology he says immigrants aren't the main reason why working class people have less money compared to a decade ago. However Nigel Farage is certain it is the reason and they receive the audience's opinion. I would say it is a dominant ideology that Nigel Farage is a 'bad person' and he is trying to shift the blame of the downfall on the economy on immigrants. In addition Brand tries to relate himself to the audience (working class) by constantly saying 'im just like you' and because of his fame it can be seen as a way of manipulating the audience to form an ideology.
President Barack Obama talks about the ideology created with poor people by the media. In particular news channel 'FOX' has been criticised for negatively portraying these groups of people by the president of America. The ideology has already been constructed without people thinking about its meaning and we would assume whenever a poor citizen does something illegal it is reported and exaggerated immediately on FOX news channel.
President Obama has questioned the channel (binary opposition) and this could diminish the ideology they have created. Also because of the significance of the president citizens of the country may side with him and it could become a dominant ideology. However, I believe there is a lot more to 'do poor people work hard enough?' This could be related with the first debate on immigrants and them being stereotyped in negative ways.
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