not habitual

But CNN long benefited from being the destination for younger viewers who were not habitual cable news viewers.

Mr Harwood told the court: "In my experience, phone hacking was not habitual or rife on the Mirror news desk - I was not aware of anyone in my department who hacked phones. We just didn't do that."

CNN, where people who are not habitual cable news viewers often go for major breaking stories, still uses the ticker full time.

“In any other line of work, you would be forgiven for taking a personal day here and there, so long as it’s not habitual,” she wrote.

"In any other line of work, you would be forgiven for taking a personal day here and there, so long as it’s not habitual. You wouldn’t have to divulge your most personal symptoms to your employer; there would likely be HR measures protecting at least some level of privacy."