John Dickerson, host of CBS’ “Face the Nation” and the network’s chief Washington correspondent, will take ousted host Charlie Rose’s place on “CBS This Morning,” the network confirmed Tuesday.
HuffPost’s Yashar Ali first broke the story, citing three sources familiar with CBS’ decision in his report. Variety also reported the news, citing two unnamed people familiar with the decision.
Dickerson will begin on Jan. 10 and will be based in New York, CBS said. The network did not say whether he would continue hosting “Face the Nation.” Representatives for both shows did not respond to TPM’s requests for comment.
Rose was fired by CBS — and PBS and Bloomberg — in November after several women came forward to the Washington Post with accusations of sexual harassment and unwanted advancements.
Dickerson, who also co-hosts the Slate “Political Gabfest” podcast, took over “Face the Nation” from veteran host Bob Schieffer in 2015.
Update 11:23 a.m.: This post has been updated to include a statement from CBS News.
How is this relevant?
Dickerson’s role on these shows is entertainer.
It is not very relevant - but
“Dickerson, who also co-hosts the Slate “Political Gabfest” podcast, took over “Face the Nation” from veteran host Bob Schieffer in 2015.”
I hope he doesn’t get too busy to do the podcast, it is one of my favorites and he is much more liberated in what he says in that format.
CBS, the same network who’s chief said this is not going to use a whiz bang investigative reporter to ask anybody anything.
Vladimir Lenin sez: The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we shall hang them.
Apparently having two women hosts every morning is not enough for the network. Why not three women? They have to add a man for some dumb reason. I really can’t see the addition of Dickerson being about demographics since the primary viewers of those a.m. shows are women. How much you wanna bet he’ll end up getting paid more than the other two women currently hosting now. This kind of shit never changes because institutional bias in favor of male hosts seems to be a most difficult thing to dislodge from their rigid thinking.