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It seems that someone sent Keith Olbermann a letter with white powder, to which he had – as he has with everything – an over the top prima-dona response to.

The story via The NY Post.

“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.”

Now if this is true, it’s not funny, even if Olbermann is a worthless muckracker, playing the “Anthrax” joke isn’t funny or appropriate.

But it is real funny to see his leftist buddies come to his defense and bash Rupert Murdoch. Note uber leftist Editor and Publisher lecturing us on “Journalistic Manners.

“One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope — at home — which contains white powder. But that seemed to be the case at the New York Post’s “Page Six” today in reporting on an alleged incident involving Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC’s “Countdown.”

After all wasn’t it just a few days ago when Olby called Fox News’s Chris Wallace, ‚Äúa monkey posing as a newscaster.‚Äù?

The hypocrisy of the left never lets me down.

UPDATE: That is IF this incident really took place, seems the police haven’t a clue what The Post is talking about, neither is there any report of a Hazmat unit being dispatched.

Note to Capt Ed, Hugh Hewitt, and others, don’t get too far out on this story until it’s verified.

UPDATE II: Somebody is zooming someone as there is NO record of a response to Olbermann’s pad on the date and time he indicates. Is it possible that he’s pulling a Morton Downey?