CBSNews.com Unveils New Weekly Webcast

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Washington Unplugged, a new 15-minute webcast on CBSNews.com, will feature highlights of the week’s biggest political stories, hosted by Bob Schieffer.

Schieffer is CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent and moderator of Face the Nation. In the new weekly webcasts, he will lead a political discussion centered on the top news of the week, and will be joined by other CBS news correspondents as well as political analysts and pundits. The webcast will also feature regular segments like "Ask Bob," where Schieffer poses his own questions to his guests, and "Biggest Washington Gaffe This Week." Audience participation will be key to the show, and questions will be taken in advance via email.

"We’ll focus on the news but will try to make it lively and interesting," said Schieffer. "And we will aim to get at some of the things that tell you how Washington really works—some of the things that don’t always make it into our broadcasts."

"Following the success of the Election 2008 webcast series with Katie Couric, we wanted to continue to create interesting web programming that complements CBS News broadcasts," added Mark Larkin, the VP of programming and operations for CBSNews.com. "For those who are closely monitoring the news events of the week and want to get more of a provocative analysis, this is the show for them."