Perhaps she was very tired or just having a bad day. But speculation is rife that a local news anchor presented a live broadcast while ***** on air.
Annie Stensrud, a reporter on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota, slurred and mixed up her words during a 10pm broadcast on Sunday night.
The CBS affiliate has not yet explained her bizarre performance, which finished after three minutes as the station moved on to weather and sport.
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She has been anchoring weekend evening broadcasts for a year and her Sunday show had been cut down because of an over-running NFL game.
In one of the strangest segments, Ms Stensrud says: ‘Today’s event featured Christmas fo… music, food and a chance to meet the Santa dog.
‘They felt three ways for Christmas…parents and grandparents,’ Ms Stensrud adds, as she speaks over a man giving a pre-recorded interview.
‘Sunday night's uncharacteristic newscast on KEYC Mankato can hardly be considered private,’ KEYC vice-president Dennis Wahlstrom said.
‘Nonetheless, in our judgment, the matter represents a personnel issue to be resolved internally,’ he said in a statement on the station’s website.
The Huffington Post suggested Ms Stensrud could have been *****, whereas Gawker added that she might just have a strange accent.
KEYC news director Dan Ruiter told TV Spy that although station may work in a ‘very public business, personnel issues need to remain private’.
He told the Mankato Free Press that there is no proof she was *********** and viewers are jumping to conclusions if they believe this.
The incident had echoes of when CBS Los Angeles journalist Serene Branson garbled her words live on air, causing speculation she had a stroke.
Doctors said she was suffering from symptoms of a stroke, but had actually suffered a complex migraine during a live Grammys broadcast.
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