It was a scary few moments for Global Toronto reporter Mark McAllister, who suffered an on-air medical issue that left him with badly garbled speech. While viewers watched, McAllister attempted to add to a news story on the strife in Libya, but the information he was trying to present about Canadian fighter planes performing missions in the area was nonsensical.
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Global News later released this statement: “While on the air during the 6 p.m. News Hour broadcast on Monday, March 21, Global Toronto reporter Mark McAllister suffered a minor medical issue causing him to experience a moment of disorientation. Paramedics were immediately called to the scene, where Mark was fully checked out and is feeling better. As a precaution, Mark will be pursuing this matter with his own doctor. Mark would like to thank all Global Toronto viewers who have expressed concern for his well-being.”
4 comments:
This is like that female reporter a while back.
It doesn't sound like a "medical issue", it sounds like messing up and trying to plow forward, but getting flustered and doing even worse.
I did this during my public speaking class in junior high. It wasn't a medical issue, it was me not knowing when to quit!
It's always wise to assume it could be a stroke. Better a hypochondriac fool than an invalid with brain damage.
I can't believe that people makes fun of this.. if he would have "messed" up it wouldn't have sound like that. I worked in the television industry and seen a lot of reporters but never like that. Not sure if it is related to a stroke but it could be anything...
It's like that woman from one of the American networks a couple of weeks ago. Turns out she had a migraine. Apparently, migraines are similar to strokes in their mechanism and thus, sometimes, in their manifestation. The good news is that migraines don't generally have lasting effects.
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/mindmood/mentalhealth/article/960043--migraine-incoherence-similar-to-a-stroke
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