Noise #146: Mr. Softee?

Ice cream trucks, crime in the Bronx, and why I don't read the New York Post.

The cover story of The New York Post caught my eye today. It caricatures New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie as a Mr. Softee ice cream cone, and declares him a “softie” on crime in his Bronx home district.

I don’t normally read The New York Post, and the cover article reminded me why. The story is manipulative, reductionist, and belligerent, wi…