I guess I am a bit bias when it comes to T.V. News and ” oh my god” ” do I dare admit as an over 50 yr. old”. The Irony of course in the case of John Roberts on CNN ( which is why I noted it in the first place.) - is that he had challenges establishing credibility when he made the switch to news and public affairs from his role as a Young, Hip-looking VEEJAY here in Toronto.

He and I were up for the same job as the Co-host of Canada Am when Norm Perry retired from the show. Norm was a serious news-guy style and so was I ( although a much younger version). John was seen as a fresh/hip new look but there was some questions about his depth. CTV took a chance with him, he proved the doubters wrong of course here in Canada and went on to CBS where he thrived in the Televsion News department.

The irony as I see it, is that the only way one overcomes the credibility challenges is to live long enough and to have personally experienced enough issues, etc. The Net works spend millions of dollars worth of marketing money trying to establish a brand of credibility - when in my view the best “evidence “of that is the natural salt-pepper-to grey hair colour change that Screams your old enough to be taken seriously!