Who's the real Weasel?

The New York Daily News, in today's editions, splashed on its front page a quote attributed to local radio & television pundit Fred Dicker, a political analyst for the rival New York Post. The question is, who's really deserving of the dreaded Weasel of the Week award? Judge for yourselves, kids.

On his WGDJ-AM talk show Monday, Dicker referred to the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings as "a little convienent massacre" in reference to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo introducing anti-gun legislation which went into effect a year ago at this time. Dicker got raked over the coals by anti-gun activists for his remarks, which, he told the Albany Times-Union, were taken out of context. He said it with a sarcastic bent toward Cuomo. Considering he had a political satirist I'd never heard of in the studio as a guest, I'd guess that the clucking against Dicker was another case of hyper-sensitive over-reaction, 13 months after the shootings.

All the Daily News did was exploit the situation to their advantage as it related to their rival tabloid. What it did in general was give Dicker national exposure, something I don't think he's ever had until now.

So, again, I ask. Who's the real Weasel? Dicker, or the News editors. You decide.