... the "black mugger" frequently used in the 1970's. Although these studies do produce some firm evidence that the British press may be racist, recent developments have made them appear somewhat dated. Recently, mainly since the Stephen Lawrence case (perhaps the most pivotal case ever in race relations) and the police admitting racism does occur within the police force people have argued that editors of certain tabloids have swayed to presenting blacks in a more favourable light than that of the 1970s when the studies took place. For example the death of Daminola Taylor received mass media coverage being on the front cover of every major newspaper. However, when it was proven that black people had been the attackers instead of a group of "Racist white thugs" as first assumed, the story suddenly found its way off the front cover. The media often display ethnic minorities as a threat. For example tabloid ...

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