Talk:Daily Record (Scotland)

message: Note the supreme irony of the loyalty to the Labour Party comments... followed immediately by a paragraph on its support for Section 28 which it was a Labour manifesto promise to repeal. 
So some content, please. Until someone can come along and give measured commentary on its politics and opinions, perhaps those sections should be removed altogether.
I think it certainly needs adding to. The article most definitely does not reflect the fact that a large number of working Scots buy the paper and the influence it has (whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is another question) or indeed the paper's clear political allegiance. It is very blatantly a pro-Labour party paper, though of course this is not absolute support as has been highlighted above with the Clause 28 saga. I don't think I have ever read anything positive written about the SNP in the Daily Record (not that I am an avid reader) and I think the paper certainly has much to answer for when it comes to scaremongering on the matter of Scottish independence. -- SCL 82.26.21.12 15:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's true, i was gonna add a bit about that myself, I doubt we could find a source to attribute it to though, I have heard it referred to as the Daily Ranger, personally as neither a Celtic or Rangers fan i've never noticed this bias but Celtic fans seem to think its there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.153.1.136 (talk) 00:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another comment citing the 'Daily Retard' nickname.  I have certainly never heard it, if it is true provide a source. Douglasnicol 17:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Douglas, I have heard the "Daily Retard" used in speech, often by independence supporters. "Daily Reptile" is another nickname, though less common. It needs references though. --MacRusgail 18:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh I don't think it is, I just used this section that someone else started rather than start a new one.  Regarding the views of Independence supporters, it's a bit OTT to nickname a paper because it is against independence, because lets face it, every newspaper whether its a crappy tabloid or a broadsheet has its agendas and biases.  I've heard the Telegraph called 'Torygraph', and the Guardians left wing views are well known.  Every publication will have it's bias.  Even if references are put in, it's best to put in the nickname and explanation in a NPOV manner as the vandalism this page has suffered in the past is moronic. Douglasnicol 21:00, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Torygraph and Spellygraph (because of the typos) are two nicknames I've heard for the Telegraph. I don't think it is just the independence issue with the Record though, it is also the level it is pitched at, the perceived moral double standards of a typical tabloid, and some of the smear stories that tabloids often contain. The Record and the Sun (and other red tops) have been particularly vicious to various people, so it's no wonder that they get derogatory nicknames. --MacRusgail 14:29, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Though to be honest, I'm starting to wonder if the nickname is suitable.  I get the Saturday edition for the TV magazine, and a letter in it complained about this weeks "Still Game" episode, saying it should have been cancelled because the character of Navid wanted to burn down his competitor and it was too close to the airport bombings.  I watched that episode and it never even crossed my mind, it says more about the letters author (who chose to remain anonymous) than the programme in my opinion..... Douglasnicol 15:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Worst Page on Wikipedia 

message: Does anyone think the Daily Record is Glasgow-centric? To add this to the article would be WP:OR, but does anyone have a cite that could possibly suggest this?
:I would say its slanted towards Glasgow, and to the west coast a bit.  If you ask me (though I may be wrong) the Record used to be regarded as 'the working mans paper', perhaps before it became just another tabloid, and the industrialised areas of Scotland were largely Glasgow and the Clyde Valleys as well as places like Greenock etc.  As to cites....well thats more difficult. Douglasnicol 20:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "West coast"? Aye, that's the problem. The West Coast takes in Sutherland, the Hebrides, Argyll, and Galloway. If you're from Glasgow, it's only the tiny bit of country round about, most of which isn't even on the coast!!! --MacRusgail 19:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well okay I may have made a mistake there, but by West Coast I meant areas like Greenock and further down to places like the three towns, Largs, Ayr, Irvine, Troon etc. Douglasnicol 19:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's very common usage in the central belt, but in the north, "west coast" tends to imply the Highlands. Stranraer I suppose counts as well (although it faces north). --MacRusgail 14:38, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glasgow-centric? 

message: It's striking that there is no mention of the race panic The Daily Record fostered in 2001. As well as being probably one of the Record's most notorious moments, it became a spectacular incident that reached the UK news media. 
Is there anyone qualified enough to knock out a decent entry on it?
New Statesman Lost in translation
(Daily Record reference third paragraph from the bottom).
Searchlight Media whip up Glasgow racism 
Guardian Sighthill: Asylum crisis special 'Racism has turned the good people here bad'
Independent Sighthill: 'These people will kill again. Is it really any better here than Iran?'  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Irritant (talk • contribs) 05:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Race panic and The Daily Record: Sighthill, Glasgow, 2001  

message: Anyone want to comment on the incredibly biased sports section with its blatant anti Celtic slants. They make up quotes!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.56.136 (talk) 02:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Football 

message: I'm a Celtic fan, and I know we like to call it the Daily Ranger, but I'm not sure that justifies an inclusion in the article. I'm sure Rangers fans don't call it that, and I believe there are some people in Scotland who don't care about Celtic or Rangers ( or football ) . It's not worthy of a mention unless other nicknames are included for balance. 
I'll change it a bit if no-one has a convincing argument for leaving "Daily Ranger" as the only nickname.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.117.37.25 (talk) 16:58, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Daily Ranger? really? 

message: The Daily Record has not, according to my newsagent and their supplier, been available in the North of England 
since the first week in April 2020. "Transport difficulties" are the given reason.
Yet,strangely,The Sunday Mail, the Record's sister Sunday paper, has been available every Sunday.
Someone is being "economical" with the truth here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pollok juniors (talk • contribs) 11:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daily Record availability in Northern England