Obama at Convention for Journalists

Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) addressed Unity, a convention of thousands of journalists of color, on Sunday, mixing foreign policy analysis with his views on topics like affirmative action and immigration in an environment that was closely watched for signs of favoritism toward the presumptive Democratic candidate. As many eyes seemed to be on the members of the news media as the candidate, and the group was reminded of this before the address that was shown live on CNN and recorded for rebroadcast tonight. Convention leaders urged the group to adhere to nonpartisan standards. And by any typical measure, they did - giving an enthusiastic ovation that stopped short of the kind of excessive adulation that drew criticism in 2004 when Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, then a Democratic candidate for president, spoke before the group.