'NY Post' Makes Fun of Olbermann's Reaction to Getting Letter — At Home — With White Powder  —  NEW YORK 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.

Why Doesn't Page Six Take A Big Whiff Itself?  —  Let's make one point clear at the beginning of this post: I cannot stand Keith Olbermann.  I couldn't stand his pretentious, egotistical sportscasting when I first saw him in Los Angeles, and thought he only improved marginally at ESPN's SportsCenter.

Olbermann and the terrorists  —  Oliver Willis notes that Keith Olbermann was the victim of an anthrax-style hoax this week: … Perhaps just as disturbingly, as Crooks and Liars points out, the New York Post item reporting this actually made fun of him for it.  It first described him as an "MSNBC loudmouth," and then went on:

On the NIE, the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong  —  The National Intelligence Estimate regarding trends in global terrorism, partially released by the administration yesterday in response to weekend news leaks, is not centrally about Iraq, and it is certainly not the final word on the subject.

Webb dodges question on racial epithet  —  FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Democratic Senate challenger Jim Webb declined to say definitively Tuesday whether he had ever used a common derogatory term to describe blacks, stepping carefully after watching his campaign rival confront charges of racism.