# New York Post - Page Six Jerks! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-post-page-six-jerks/374638 "2006-09-29T18:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-post-page-six-jerks/374638/1 "2006-09-29T18:37:29Z")
Yesterday’s Page Six in the New York Post includes: > [@](#): > > 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, seriously – the reaction was not ridiculous. We had actual people get anthrax powder in the mail. Why they chose to be so dismissive and contempteous of Olbermann is beyond me. This was just crumby, crappy, jerkish behavior. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-post-page-six-jerks/374638)._