CBS White House Correspondent Roberts Joins CNN

MediaWeek ^ | 2/1/06 | Anthony Crupi

[TommyDale]

From one armpit of the news world to the other...

[Semper Paratus]

As said in another thread, he settled for sloppy seconds.

[Primetimedonna]

Would this be considered a promotion??? Hard to tell!!

[pissant]

No loss, no gain.

[Lancey Howard]

So this empty-suit, blow-dry guy finally took the hint that he wasn't "Dan Rather's heir apparent" after all? Good. He's a perfect fit at the liberal CNN.

[KenmcG414]

WOW ain't that earth shattering news!!! Does anybody really give a s#$*!!

[Prince Caspian]

In a recent interview with Mediaweek, media analyst and autor Jeff Alan noted that... there's no magic bullet for what ails the broadcast news model.

Shhh. Let's don't tell them.

[Daralundy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569460/posts

A similar but not identical recent article on the same subject.

[pepsionice]

This is basically saying that there is no backup plan when Katie Couric is hired. John Roberts was the only back-up possible...so without him...Katie demise will simply lead to CBS's news demise as she bows out. They just don't have anyone with caliber to stand up.

[GSWarrior]

CBS must have decided to stick with the youthful Bob Schiefer.

[USS Alaska]

I've had an on going email dialog with John Roberts since last November, when I jumped all over him. After several rants {both ways} we calmed down and have become civil. If you are a long time Freeper, you know I'm no lefty lover but I've found him to be a very reasonable and decent guy. I've already put on my asbestos suit.

[conservativebabe]

Personally, I like the one on the left.

[Primetimedonna]

Probably won't matter, since I don't see Katie Couric as being with caliber!

[1Old Pro]

“will be able to dig deeper into the political stories that have been breaking around the nation’s capital and beyond.”

Translation, he'll be able to add his liberal take to all sorts of stories.

[timsbella]

Isn't he a former Vee-Jay from a Canadian much music type show? Yup, the American Idol contestants are lining up for hard news....

[jerod]

Prior to joining CBS, Roberts had in the early 1990s put in time as co-anchor of Canadian broadcaster CTV’s Canada A.M., the country’s highest-rated morning news program.

I don't remember him doing Canada AM, but I do remember when they called him D.J.Roberts, and he was an air-headed Video jockey on Much Music. As far as I can tell... He hasn't changed all that much. He's still as stupid as he was all those years ago.

[timsbella]

Lateral move...or is that horizontal. Methinks he was on the casting couch at CNN.

[timsbella]

I don't remember him on Canada AM either, but Keith Morisson kinda ended my interest in the show. I'm so glad we have Fox now!