The Internet is abuzz with the clip below which is appearing on various websites: local CBS reporter Serene Branson having what appears to be an on-the-air-stroke or at least a mini-stroke. According to Mediaite, the latest reports indicate she was not hospitalized but checked out by a paramedic and allowed to go home with a friend. It’s a short but scary clip:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.