When a reporter stuffs it, they can make it all go away...
CBS has put in a copyright claim to get YouTube to take down all the videos it can find of Channel 2 reporter Serene Branson's on-air medical event last night. Curiously, even the video embedded on CBS's own HealthWatch page has gone dark. Looks like what the network really wants is for no one to see its staffer embarrassed, and there's something to be said for that. In the clip, Branson tries to give a live report from the Grammys on last night's 11 o'clock news, but her words come out as gibberish. Some have observed a flash of fear flash across her face before the signal was cut off.
Noted: On that CBS Health Watch page, the associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine tells CBS News: "Frankly, I would have admitted her" to a hospital, fearing a transient ischemic attack. Instead, according to CBS 2, Branson was seen by paramedics after going off the air then went home, where she is reportedly fine.
"Well a very, very heavy ah, a heavy div uh burtation tonight". Oh we agree...
Who calls their fucking kids "Serene" in any case, fucking hippy parents...
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:18 pm
by rubato
Charity
Chastity
Constance
Mercy
Faith
Blythe
Joy
Felicity
Verity
Esperanza
and
Serena (var. Serene)
Are not new names.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:54 pm
by @meric@nwom@n
Someone get her to Princeton-Plainsboro hospital immediately.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:24 pm
by Sue U
@meric@nwom@n wrote:Someone get her to Princeton-Plainsboro hospital immediately.
But seriously, now after looking at that video, I would have had her admitted to a hospital for a neurologic workup. That wasn't a mere flub, that was something going very very wrong in her brain.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:05 am
by @meric@nwom@n
Calling Oliver Sacks! I agree Sue. There was something very wrong.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:20 am
by Gob
She was examined at the scene by paramedics.
According to the local Los Angeles station, Branson "wants us to know she followed-up with a visit to the doctor for some medical tests. [She] thanks everyone for their concern and good wishes and hopes to be back on the air very soon."
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:26 am
by @meric@nwom@n
Ah yes, examined by paramedics, so very helpful when one has had a neurological event. I know I would see a paramedic over a neurologist.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:50 am
by Sean
@meric@nwom@n wrote:Someone get her to Princeton-Plainsboro hospital immediately.
...and forget the diagnosis of Lupus, that's never right. Shove her straight in the MRI and get ready to roll credits.
Job's a good 'un.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:27 am
by @meric@nwom@n
It's never amyloidosis either.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:23 pm
by BoSoxGal
Poop I didn't get that reference at first - very funny! I bet you have loved watching that show, @w - he's such a curmudgeonly bastard.
If I were her, I'd be going to the doctor for a full workup. I haven't been able to watch the video yet, but I can guess from what's described that she didn't just flub her words in a moment of anxiety - things just didn't work right in the speech center of her brain.
From what I read about transient ischemic attacks, I'd be getting myself checked out to the full extent of my HMO coverage, ASAP.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:54 am
by loCAtek
The video seems to be down now.
Re: The power of CBS
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:57 am
by Gob
Doctors say a TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys suffered a migraine, not a stroke.
KCBS-TV reporter Serene Branson was doing a stand-up Sunday when her words became incoherent. She was examined by paramedics after her broadcast and went home to recover.
Branson later went in for a brain scan at the University of California, Los Angeles. Doctors who examined her ruled out a stroke. Instead, they say she suffered a type of migraine, which can sometimes mimic the symptoms of a stroke.
