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Article: Plotkin's punditry: Political analysis get airing on WAMU.(Saturday)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1997
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For lunch Friday afternoons, American University public radio station WAMU-FM (88.5) serves up a spicy dish: "The D.C. Politics Hour With Mark Plotkin." For one hour every week, WAMU's passionate and opinionated political analyst joins talk-show host Derek McGinty for 60 minutes of discussion on what's up in District politics.
Mr. McGinty, a journalist, an articulate interviewer and as cool as the proverbial cucumber, and Mr. Plotkin grill guests, usually local political figures (guests, sometimes referred to as the main course, can be well done, shish kebabed or gently stewed). Mr. McGinty serves as the calm reporter getting the facts straight, and his ...