Cronkite, Chancellor, Huntley, Brinkley, Howard K. Smith and Eric Sevareid, and later, Dan Rather, Robert McNeil & Jim Lehrer, Peter Jennings, and Bob Schieffer - all Robertson's contemporaries.  If he's to be measured by anybody it's those guys.  They set the bar and, when you look at it that way, Lloyd Robertson was pretty damned mediocre. 9 comments: As lead anchor, he presided over the airing of Stephane Dion's asking a question to be repeated, which Duffy was sanctioned for/was made a senator. He's long past his best-before date, that's for sure. Lloyd began with CBC when it was Liberal in tone. He is not worse nor better than any other Canadian anchor in this country at the moment. Evan Solomon comes to mind. It's a good thing Evan can refer to twitter for his days questions put to his guests and that voice. Ah, Knowlton. He was anchor while I toiled at CBC in Ottawa. Had quite the reputation as a rake. Word around the Corp was, if you valued your wife, keep her away from that guy. But you're right, he was very talented even though, like Dick Cheney, he gave himself the job.