The lapdogs would be in full outrage mode if Bush did this.

Via Washington Examiner:

The White House on Tuesday downplayed the controversy over media access to President Obama, who will hold a moment of silence to mark the Boston Marathon bombing anniversary in the Oval Office without the press.

The president and aides will observe the anniversary of the deadly attack behind closed doors at 2:29 p.m. ET, exactly one year after two pressure cookers packed with shrapnel detonated near the finish line of the raise.

“The president’s going to have a moment of silence in the Oval Office. There will be some senior advisers there,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney, adding that the tribute was coming “during the course of a meeting.”

Carney was pressed on why the president was not allowing media access to the moment of silence.