John Roberts (television reporter)

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John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CNN, where he serves as a senior national correspondent based in Washington, DC.

Prior to CNN, Roberts served as Chief White House Correspondent at CBS from 1999 to 2006. He had been widely considered a potential replacement for CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather after Rather stepped down from the anchor desk in March 2005, but Bob Schieffer was chosen on an interim basis to be the next CBS Evening News anchor, and in subsequent months, it became clear that Roberts was not under consideration for the job. In February 2006, Roberts left for CNN.

Roberts grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. He attended the University of Toronto, and worked for many years in Canadian media before joining CBS in 1995. In 1979, he worked as an entertainment reporter and co-host of the music newsmagazine The New Music until 1985. He was a video jockey with CITY-TV owned MuchMusic, a music video channel on which he and Christopher Ward appeared as the first on-air personalities when the network launched in 1984. As J.D. Roberts, he and Deborah McGregor, later Pamela Wallin, cohosted Canada AM in the early 1990s.

On July 19, 2005 he introduced CBS's coverage on the announcement of the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. for the Supreme Court of the United States. He has since jokingly demanded to be referred to as "Your Honor", due to their having the same name.

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