The newspaper has changed dramatically over the last few years, firstly our culture affects it increasingly over time. For example, when newspapers and magazines used to publish their issues they used to be really different, things like articles never used to be about homosexuality but as it is a more modern lifestyle people don't feel compelled to hide it. So this issue is often discussed in the newspapers when they stretch the lifestyle of being a homosexual, such things as marriage or adoption become a big issue that probably wouldn't have been discussed many years ago.
Racism is also something we did not think needed to be discussed years ago. This became more of an issue when our country became more of a multi-cultural society. We often press the issue that racism is portrayed as an extreme crime, and that most crimes are linked into racism. There is even a BBC Asian network for the radio, just as there is sections devoted to people with different cultures in the newspapers/magazines.
There was also not as much talk of Islam, as there was only talk of Anglo Saxon protestants. But as a post 9/11 society we naturally have focused more attention onto the Islamic society just as we did with homosexuals, by we have made an issue with whatever thing has an impact on our lifestyles for example, building another mosque in a christian neighbourhood.
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