{"id":14049,"date":"2019-03-26T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14049"},"modified":"2019-03-26T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:52:07","slug":"celtic-diary-tuesday-march-26-national-newspaper-shows-its-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=14049","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Tuesday March 26: National Newspaper Shows Its Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not surprisingly, those colours are orange, blue, and then orange again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yesterdays diary was unfortunately curtailed by the gremlins just as it was about to get interesting.<\/p>\n

Well, it had to happen sooner or later.\u00a0 Getting interesting, I mean.<\/p>\n

Today, the mighty Daily Record takes centre stage, after a breathtaking show of just exactly why they publish what they publish, and who they want to read it.<\/p>\n

Rangers Legends 4 Premiership Select 3 as Nacho Novo shows he’s fighting fit with stunning strike<\/h1>\n

Ibrox icons and former heroes of English football came together in Blackpool to raise money for charity<\/em><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, it was published under the byline “Record Sport Online ”<\/p>\n

It’s a career ending, and quite possibly newspaper ending piece.<\/p>\n

Well, it would be in an advanced , diverse sort of country…or, indeed , any other country.<\/p>\n

This is the line that tells us everything we need to know about the paper..<\/p>\n

There were plenty of Rangers fans in attendance for what was a lively atmosphere and they were delighted to see the stars of old in action.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lively atmosphere…<\/p>\n

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Lively atmosphere…a creative way of describing an anti Irish and anto catholic festival of hatred.<\/p>\n

Set to music.<\/p>\n

The Rangers select, a sort of homage to a time when the club was still a club, and not a company or a basket of assets, even had its own strip for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Orange top…sash..playing to the lowest common denominator.<\/p>\n

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The game featured a selection of ex Rangers players who can’t get a job in the media against a Premiership select.<\/p>\n

One wonders exactly how incoherent the ex EBTs have to be to not feature in the SMSM, given that the likes of alex Rae is viewed as an impartial expert.<\/p>\n

When he’s not working the entertainment circuit, that is.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/p>\n

Taxis running from Nuneaton..I bet they are, with the prospect of that lot taking it in turns to vomit in the back of their motors.<\/p>\n

Literally and metaphorically.<\/p>\n

All of this is unacceptable in a modern society.<\/p>\n

Based entirely on hatred of catholics, Irishmen and paying tax, a subculture of bigotry has emerged not only to the point where its tolerated, but to the point where a national newspaper accepts and praises the “lively atmosphere<\/em> ”<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks ago the paper claimed..<\/p>\n

Rangers have condemned the supporters who subjected Kilmarnock boss Steve Clarke to sectarian abuse in Wednesday’s Scottish Cup clash.<\/em><\/p>\n

And manager\u00a0Steven Gerrard<\/a>\u00a0has echoed the club’s statement after Ibrox chiefs warned they would do “everything possible” to eradicate bigotry.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Everything possible…except , well, everything.<\/p>\n

A national newspaper has a responsibility to point out these inconsistencies, and hold accountable those responsible.<\/p>\n

However, this is the Record.<\/p>\n

The words “newspaper “, “responsiblity ” do not apply.<\/p>\n

However, “accountable ” does, and they themselves n=must be held to account by each and every one of us when we think of buying it.<\/p>\n

I haven’t bought one in years.<\/p>\n

Its not soft, strong or absorbent enough for its true purpose.<\/p>\n

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With the game on Sunday looming, one wonders if they are actually trying to create a problem.<\/p>\n

After all, the new club was resurrected simply to keep a tv contract alive…which in turn keeps the newspapers alive, well, on life support.<\/p>\n

for this game, it appears a new narrative has appeared, and from the media point of view, they sem to be hoping that they can stoke up enough , er, passion to make the atmosphere….lively ?<\/p>\n

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