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

Murray Waas is “Woodward Now”: “By Woodward Now I mean the reporter who is actually doing what Woodward has a reputation for doing: publishing–the biggest story in town. He’s also putting those parts together for us.”

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. ‘The public has pushed back against insider, access journalism– whether practiced by Bob Woodward, or Judith Miller.

Now Rosen says that Woodward could get back in the game–it all depends on whether he actually has revelations in his new book later this year. Until then, stay tuned to Murray Waas.