Cheney Mason hospitalized; ‘he was feeling something he hadn’t felt before’ HAL

OP comment...hummm Karma maybe!

Prominent attorney Cheney Mason, long a critic of the media, fell ill today at a conference on media credibility.

Mason, who defended Casey Anthony, was to speak about that case at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. WKMG-Channel 6’s Tony Pipitone was speaking at the same conference and observed Mason.

“Mason was clearly unsteady and appeared a little weak,” Pipitone said.

Mason, who is 67, was later transported to Halifax Medical Center. Pipitone talked to him before he departed.

“He said he was feeling something he hadn’t felt before,” Pipitone said. “He seemed a little unsteady, as I said, a little bit weak, but he seemed to be his old self, swearing mildly when they lifted up the gurney.”

Central Florida News 13 headlined the story “Cheney Mason collapses.” Jacqueline Fell of News 13 reported that Mason would stay in the hospital over night for observation and that his wife was with him.

“His family has directed staff here not to release any information about his medical condition,” WESH-Channel 2’s Claire Metz reported.

Mason was feeling faint, and people around him tried to steady him and sat him down, journalism Professor Jim Brosemer told Metz.

“Staffers say Mason didn’t seem to be in pain, but it was clear he didn’t feel well, so they immediately called 911,” Metz said.

WFTV-Channel 9’s Blaine Tolison reported that students and university officials said Mason “was sick from the moment he arrived.” They added that Mason “appeared disoriented, he had slurred speech and he looked physically ill.”

WESH’s Kendra Oestreich gave a retrospective of Mason’s long career. Defense attorney Tom Luka noted Mason “has practiced in federal court, state court, all over the state. He’s well respected, he’s been doing this for 40 years. He knows his business.”

Oestreich reminded viewers that Mason recently said he’s writing a book on the Anthony case.

The panel on the Anthony case at Bethune-Cookman University continued without Mason, Pipitone said.

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(from this video...sounds like stoke?)