Over at Slate, Jack Shafer, looking ahead to how Obama might treat the media, announces the press hates being snubbed:

Nothing throws the Washington press corps into a bigger tizzy than being ignored. Being dissed is something the press corps can live with—in fact, they love being dissed.

But I'm confused. For the last eight years the Bush White House clearly ignored the press. (Bush “bypassed” the media, as Time just noted.) Did I miss something or was the press thrown into a tizzy by the Bush silent treatment? Did the press raise up at the White House, or was I not paying attention during that loud rebellion?

Seems like rather than being thrown into a tizzy, the press did the opposite; it fell asleep for eight years.

UPDATE: My bad. According to NBC's David Gregory, the press did exactly what it was supposed to while covering the Bush years. Nope, no lessons to be learned here folks. (Now wonder he was awarded the MTP gig.)