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Keith Olbermann's colleagues mock anthrax scare

Domestic terrorism laugh riot to NY Post.
September 28, 2006  |  
 
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Here's what the New York Post had to say about the letter full of white powder that Keith Olbermann received, with a note warning him not to criticize the president:

POWDER PUFF SPOOKS KEITH

MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out when he opened his home mail yesterday. The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out. A note inside warned Olbermann, who's a frequent critic of President Bush's policies, that it was payback for some of his on-air shtick. The caustic commentator panicked and frantically called 911 at about 12:30 a.m., sources told The Post's Philip Messing. An NYPD HazMat unit rushed to Olbermann's pad on Central Park South, but preliminary tests indicated the substance was harmless soap powder. However, that wasn't enough to satisfy Olbermann, who insisted on a checkup. He asked to be taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where doctors looked him over and sent him home. Whether they gave him a lollipop on the way out isn't known. Olbermann had no comment.

Can you imagine what the New York Post would have said if Bill O'Reilly had been threatened?

[Watch Video of Olbermann's scathing response HERE.]

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Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.
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