Michael Andrus

I'm a media theorist and critic who researches and writes about the nexus of politics and policy, focusing on how the White House dominates the press.

An excerpt from my latest column: "It’s official: Murray Waas is the new black. Bob Woodward is out like wing-tipped shoes. Jay Rosen at PressThink picks up the thread that Dan Froomkin has been pushing for a few weeks now, that Murray Waas is writing the hottest stuff on the hottest story in Washington:

“Not only is Woodward not in the hunt, but he is slowly turning into the hunted. Part of what remains to be uncovered is how Woodward was played by the Bush team, and what they thought they were doing by leaking to him.

Like many other of the most tenacious journalists in the city, Murray Waas came out of Jack Anderson‘s shop. As Rosen explains, “Murray Waas told us something about his own approach. ‘The public has pushed back against insider, access journalism– whether practiced by Bob Woodward, Judith Miller, or Robert Novak,’ he wrote.