New York Post Cover Draws Heat

Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post cover is drawing heat from all sides today.  Business Insider recaps:

The New York Post has provoked enraged responses on Twitter with its offensive cover about the murder of an Hasidic Jewish landlord which asked “Who didn’t want him dead?” Menachem Stark, a 39-year-old father of eight, was shoved into a light-colored Dodge caravan outside his Brooklyn office late Thursday. His charred body was found this weekend on Long Island. The Post — which referred to Stark as a “slain slumlord” — prompted a number of angry Tweets, including one from Yaacov Behrman, who wrote, “I am deeply disturbed by the cover of the New York Post, “who didn’t want him dead.” How about this young boy?!” Another person tweeted, “It’s heart-wrenching that this is leading the @nypost website today. ‘Who DIDN’T want him dead?’ SHAME ON YOU!” The lead of the Post story said Stark had “so many enemies that investigators say they almost don’t know where to start looking.” “He’s a Hasidic Jew from Williamsburg, and we think he’s a scammer,” the Post quoted one unnamed investigator as saying.

A Facebook group titled “Condemn The New York Post” already has 2000 members.