Daily Record media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Daily Record one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. We have seen it on 78 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Daily Record biased?
The rating organisations do not give Daily Record one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Daily Record left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Daily Record one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Daily Record reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Daily Record are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Daily Record has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Daily Record’s own report linked underneath.
Israeli settlers celebrated the inauguration of a synagogue at the Homesh settlement in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian residents say the settlement restricts their access to farmland, and Israel's Supreme Court has acknowledged some land belonged to them.
Daily Record reported it asIsraeli settlers, some armed, celebrate a new synagogue in the occupied West Bank, in photos (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Daily Record reported it asCarney embraces EU associate membership proposal as Trump pushes Canada closer to Europe (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the U.S. Postal Service not to implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting. The order came late Sunday, September 13, 2026, adding an obstacle to the administration's efforts to change election rules as the Supreme Court considers an appeal.
Daily Record reported it asThe Latest: 2nd judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with Supreme Court poised to rule (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Saudi Arabia has shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline following drone attacks launched from Iraq. The closure removes a key route for oil exports, potentially impacting four percent of global supply and driving up crude prices.
Daily Record reported it asSaudi oil pipeline hit in strikes will be mostly out of service for several weeks for repair (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that it is 'deeply unfair' for individuals assigned male at birth to compete against girls in sports. He acknowledged struggling to find a fair solution, aligning with a broader trend of Democrats recalibrating their approach to transgender issues amid Republican political attacks.
Daily Record reported it asSome Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
During a visit to Dublin, President Donald Trump said he would "love" a unified Ireland and that it would happen eventually. The comment triggered unionist leaders to reject interference, while Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called the remarks timely and urged preparation for reunification.
Daily Record reported it asTrump's backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here's what to know (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
An Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people has been reported missing after losing contact on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The vessel was travelling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and its last known position was in the Java Sea. Rescuers have launched a search operation.
Daily Record reported it asSearch underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying 240 people after it loses contact in the Java Sea (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Firefighters have entered a charred ferry in Philippine waters following a blaze that killed at least five people and left 84 missing. Rescuers are continuing their search for those unaccounted for after the vessel caught fire two nights prior.
Daily Record reported it asRescuers pull more bodies from burned Philippine ferry as death toll hits 76 (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
President Donald Trump is visiting his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, for the Irish Open. His trip includes planned meetings with Irish leaders and is met with objections from lawyers and planned protests.
Daily Record reported it asTrump will meet with Ireland's leaders before heading to his golf club in Doonbeg (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Satellite data has detected a large fire and thermal anomalies near Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. Unconfirmed reports suggest Houthi forces may be responsible, though Saudi authorities have not confirmed the incident.
Daily Record reported it asSaudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Pastor Daimon L. King, a registered sex offender with prior child-related convictions, delivered the opening prayer at a rally for North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Michael Whatley. Whatley's campaign stated they did not know King and that the event was not planned by the campaign.
Daily Record reported it asConvicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an exhibit of artifacts. The display includes personal items from the day, presented openly due to fragility, as museum leadership navigates political criticism.
Daily Record reported it as25 years later: Remembering 9/11 (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Two protesters were arrested outside the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas. Mounted police and officers in riot gear were deployed as demonstrators marched near the venue. Organisers estimated up to 10,000 people would attend separate rallies.
Daily Record reported it asTrump takes center stage at Republicans’ first midterm convention, in photos (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Eight Indonesian airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma, were closed on 7 September due to ash from the Mount Anak Krakatau eruption. The transport ministry reported 170,000 people were affected by flight cancellations.
Daily Record reported it asVolcanic island in Indonesia erupts, canceling hundreds of flights and stranding thousands (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
The Anak Krakatau volcano erupted on September 4-5, 2026, with an ash column observed by satellite. Loud booms were heard up to 150km away, and Indonesian authorities placed the volcano under Alert Level III, prohibiting access within a 3km radius.
Daily Record reported it asVolcanic island in Indonesia erupts, canceling hundreds of flights and stranding thousands (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The talks occurred as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a potential ceasefire, while Russian missiles struck airports near Kyiv.
Daily Record reported it asUS envoys Kushner and Witkoff arrive in Kyiv in their first official Ukraine visit in a renewed push to end Russia’s war (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Argentine President Javier Milei announced sanctions against companies involved in oil projects near the Falkland Islands and the construction of a new naval base in Tierra del Fuego. The moves come amid renewed tensions over the islands' sovereignty, fueled by remarks from former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Daily Record reported it asTensions build over Falklands as UK issues response to Argentinian President (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Maryland voters will decide in November on a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting amendment after the state's Supreme Court allowed it on the ballot. The court reversed lower rulings that had blocked the measure but ordered the ballot summary to be rewritten.
Daily Record reported it asMaryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Two former EPA officials claim the Trump administration delayed a nationwide survey of PFAS in wastewater. The study, submitted for White House approval in October 2024, could help identify industries responsible for releasing the chemicals and inform new regulations.
Daily Record reported it asTrump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to reject a federal judge's order that halts new rules for mail-in voting. The appeal comes as North Carolina prepares to send out mail ballots, with a whistleblower report warning the new rules could prevent millions of ballots from being sent.
Daily Record reported it asTrump administration asks Supreme Court to lift new block on mail-voting restrictions (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Reach plcMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Official site
- dailyrecord.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- dailyrecordnews.com, dailyrecord.co.uk
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 78
- Reports listed
- 80
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
78 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 10 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Daily Record ran the story anyway.
Across the 78 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Daily Record’s on 5 of them. Overall it filed a median of 20 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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