There’s very little about the international press center in Cleveland that’s convenient or inviting. It’s located in a convention facility that’s 12 long blocks from the Quicken Loans arena where sessions of the Republican National Convention sessions are held. A shuttle ride between the two locations can take as long as a half hour when there is heavy traffic and when wayward protest marches stray off their approved routes. Which is often.

There was a telling moment at the Republican National Convention yesterday that has been overshadowed by the high drama of Donald Trump appearing at the convention and the subsequent controversy over the speech given by his wife, Melania.

Members of the national press corps are arriving here at the convention press center and immediately gathering around television monitors to follow coverage of the police shootings in Baton Rouge, La..