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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, that Murray Waas is writing the hottest stuff on the hottest story in Washington:

Murray Waas is “Woodward No: “By Woodward Now I mean the reporter who is doing what Woodward has a reputation for, breaking into reportable parts–and then publishing–the biggest story in town.”

Murray Waas, like many other of the most tenacious journalists in the city, came out of Jack Anderson‘s shop. As Rosen explains, “Murray Waas told us something about his own approach.

Now Rosen says that Woodward could get back in the game. Until then, one should read Murray Waas.