Reporter's on-air gibberish was due to migraine [ Serene Branson ]

MSNBC ^ | Feb 17 2011 | AP

[truthkeeper]

I find it very hard to believe she had a migraine. First of all, if she had had a migraine, there’s no way she could have a) been at work, b) stood there smiling, with her eyes wide open. With every migraine I’ve ever had, I can’t stand light, I’m rubbing my head, my face is contorted in misery, and I’m incapable of concentrating on anything except what is necessary for survival. I watched the video three times, and that woman did not have a migraine. It was some kind of stroke.

I'm with you. I haven't had a migraine for 25 years, but when I did I couldn't speak, couldn't get off the couch, couldn't open my eyes, and especially couldn't bear any light in the room AT ALL. Had to keep the drapes pulled.

Look at the woman, she's wide-eyed and alert with lights blazing all around her. Perhaps she had a mini-stroke, but migraine...nope.

[BRL]

Hell I thought she made a lot more sense in that video than Keith Olbermann or Chrissie Matthews on a good day.

Man, that made me laugh through multiple breath intakes.

[giotto]

Someone asked me what a migraine feels like. I said it’s as if someone had bashed my head repeatedly with a 2 by 4 the day before. I think that probably describes what physically is going on. The brain and all its blood vessels are literally inflamed and swollen as if bruised after a trauma.