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Was Minnesota Anchor Drunk On Live TV?


Posted on Dec 08, 2011 @ 01:15PM - 9 comments

By Radar Staff

A Minnesota news anchor has found herself in the unfortunate position of becoming a story after her erratic behavior on a live newscast that has some people wondering if she was drunk on the air.

Annie Stensrud, the anchor for small market KEYC-TV, the CBS/Fox affiliate in Mankato, MN (Market #198), slurred her words and was visibly out of sorts as she read the evening’s top stories on the station’s 10 p.m. newscast last Sunday night.

A Minnesota news anchor has found herself in the unfortunate position of becoming a story after her erratic behavior on a live newscast that has some people wondering if she was drunk on the air.

Annie Stensrud, the anchor for small market KEYC-TV, the CBS/Fox affiliate in Mankato, MN (Market #198), slurred her words and was visibly out of sorts as she read the evening’s top stories on the station’s 10 p.m. newscast last Sunday night.

At approximately 3-and-a-half minutes into the broadcast, the station faded directly from video to a commercial. When the newscast returned after the commercial break, Stensrud was gone, and the station’s weatherman and sports anchor completed the show.

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VIDEO: NY TV Reporter Nearly Blown Off Overpass On Live TV


Posted on Jun 10, 2011 @ 03:30AM - Add a comment

By Adam S. Levy
Radar Staff Writer

And you thought Chicago was the Windy City…

WABC-TV reporter Darla Miles was nearly swept away by strong gust of wind Thursday night while delivering a live on-air report about the heat wave gripping New York.

And you thought Chicago was the Windy City…

WABC-TV reporter Darla Miles was nearly swept away by strong gust of wind Thursday night while delivering a live on-air report about the heat wave gripping New York.

The clip – that’s sure to go viral -- has a scary element to it, as Miles was standing atop an overpass and appears to lose her balance at one point.

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VIDEO: TV Reporter Serene Branson Breaks Silence -- 'I Was Having Trouble Remembering The Word For Grammy'


Posted on Feb 18, 2011 @ 06:00AM - 6 comments

Los Angeles TV reporter Serene Branson recalled the terrifying details of the now-viral incident in which she lapsed into gibberish while delivering a report from the Grammys, which many thought was a stroke, but turned out to be the result of  something called a "complex migraine " -- or severe one.

Los Angeles TV reporter Serene Branson recalled the terrifying details of the now-viral incident in which she lapsed into gibberish while delivering a report from the Grammys, which many thought was a stroke, but turned out to be the result of  something called a "complex migraine " -- or severe one.

Branson, 31, talked about the entire series of events on her home station,  KCBS-TV, on Thursday night, noting that the stroke-like symptoms she experienced as a result of the migraine -- dizziness, nausea and garbled speech -- run in the family, as her mother has suffered from a similar condition, as well.

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VIDEO: Speculation Grows Over TV Reporter's Bizarre Gibberish -- Did She Suffer Stroke?


Posted on Feb 15, 2011 @ 05:54AM - 3 comments

Experts are weighing in on the disturbing video of Los Angeles TV reporter Serene Branson lapsing into gibberish while she delivered a live report on  KCBS' late news following the Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

Experts are weighing in on the disturbing video of Los Angeles TV reporter Serene Branson lapsing into gibberish while she delivered a live report on  KCBS' late news following the Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

As he watched the clip  -- which quickly went viral --  Dr. Jesse Eisenberger, a neurology professor with the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, told  Good Morning America on Tuesday that Branson is  "definitely having difficulty expressing her words, which is a neurological condition called Aphasia," which he described as "a symptom that can be related to a stroke, or it could be other things, such as a partial seizure."

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