Dan Rather’s replacement?

Ace of Spades reads between the lines of the Thornburgh/Boccardi report, which notes on p. 55 that CBS White House correspondent John Roberts told the investigative panel that he thought Rather/Mapes’ source, Lt. Col. Bill Burkett, was “unreliable:”

Contrived or not, juiced up or not, the report seems to struggle to find a hero in this mess, and it seems to have struck on John Roberts as being a good possibility for that role. After all, he did indicate he thought Burkett was “unreliable;” the implication is that the same story would have come out a lot differently had Roberts been in charge, rather than, ahem, Rather.

Seems to me like Moonves is going to pick Roberts. He’s the one guy who Moonves can claim was essentially cleared by the report, and thus the one guy who can deliver a clean break from the ludicrously biased and unprofessional reportage of the past.

Anyone want to bet against me?

My money is on Ace. Here’s John Roberts’ bio. Looks like he has been groomed for the job.