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Hillary Clinton to Address a Rare Audience: Journalists Hillary Clinton Addresses a Rare Audience: Journalists
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Hillary Clinton speaks frequently to black and Latino groups. But one group she does not speak to frequently is the news media. In an address thousands of black and Hispanic journalists, Hillary Clinton pointedly criticized Donald J. Trump Friday as someone who would be a dangerous president and urged the news media to be tough on his candidacy.
On Friday, the groups will collide when Mrs. Clinton addresses black and Hispanic journalists at an annual convention in Washington. “We have a Republican nominee who has been virulently anti-immigrant,” she said, in expressing her hopes that Democrats would not only take the White House but also the Senate in November.
Mrs. Clinton’s remarks to the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists will be closely watched, but they will not necessarily receive much of a response in the room. In the heat of a presidential campaign, the hundreds of influential journalists must project impartiality. Mrs. Clinton made the remarks at a convention jointly hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, which are holding a five-day conference largely focusing on newsroom diversity.
During the 2004 election, the audience at the Unity conference for minority journalists came under fire when it erupted in cheers for John Kerry, then a Massachusetts senator, and laughed when he bashed George W. Bush. Mrs. Clinton, who has only held a few news conferences in the entirety of her campaign, spoke for about 10 minutes before taking questions from some of the 1,500 journalists who attended the event.
Mr. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Bob Dole and Al Gore have all addressed National Association of Black Journalists conventions. Organizers at this event welcomed her presence.
Organizers said they expected Mrs. Clinton to discuss the issues of race and justice, which she often talks about in her campaign.
“Throughout her campaign, Hillary Clinton has placed an emphasis on inclusion and shown support for communities of color,” said Mekahlo Medina, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.“Throughout her campaign, Hillary Clinton has placed an emphasis on inclusion and shown support for communities of color,” said Mekahlo Medina, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
But in past speeches to the news media, Mrs. Clinton, who has only held a few news conferences in the entirety of her campaign, has also woven in some self-deprecating humor. Mrs. Clinton joins a long list of political leaders who have spoken at the convention. President Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former president George W. Bush, Bob Dole and former Vice President Al Gore have all addressed National Association of Black Journalists conventions.
In her speeches to the news media as a candidate, Mrs. Clinton has sometimes woven in some self-deprecating humor.
Last year, at a journalism awards dinner to honor the New York Times reporter Robin Toner, who died in 2008, Mrs. Clinton proposed starting a “new relationship” with the news media.Last year, at a journalism awards dinner to honor the New York Times reporter Robin Toner, who died in 2008, Mrs. Clinton proposed starting a “new relationship” with the news media.
“So here goes, no more secrecy, no more zone of privacy,” she said. “After all, what good did that do me?”“So here goes, no more secrecy, no more zone of privacy,” she said. “After all, what good did that do me?”
Then she told the audience of political journalists and editors to look under their chairs. “You’ll find a simple nondisclosure agreement,” Mrs. Clinton joked. “My attorneys drew it up. Old habits.” Then she told the audience of political journalists and editors to look under their chairs.
“You’ll find a simple nondisclosure agreement,” Mrs. Clinton joked. “My attorneys drew it up. Old habits.”