The TV and radio media have been pretty neutral regarding Farage and have given him a lot of airtime on programmes such as Question Time and Any Questions. In fact, he and his party have been given a damn sight more oxygen than any other political group you could care to name that has always had no more than either nil seats or one seat (and you love first past the post, remember, before you start bleating about how many votes they got). Most of the print media, especially the tabloids, have supported him. Papers such as the Guardian, which opposes UKIP, do so in a measured manner and in no way could be accused of whipping up a "hate campaign." The good old British tradition of lampooning politicians in satirical shows has treated him no better nor worse than any other politician. Frankly, you want your hero to have been a victim of a hate campaign so that you can moan to us that he's been a victim of a hate campaign. In other words,you're making it up as you go along.