[Ads-l] CNN bloopers

[Dan Goncharoff]

Why is "due to their busy diaries" a blooper? It's a common phrase in
British English.
DanG


On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> On the CNN Newshour 3 to 4 PM on Wednesday June 25, one of the announcers
> referred to the "Coptroller" of New York City.
> There was a persistent crawler which stated that Trump and King Charles
> would be unable to meet "due to their busy diaries".
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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