Robert Fisk Refused Entry into US

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By THE NEW MEXICAN
September 22, 2005



Lannan speaker delayed in Canada

U.S. immigration officials refused Tuesday to allow Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent for the London newspaper, The Independent, to board a plane from Toronto to Denver. Fisk was on his way to Santa Fe for a sold-out appearance in the Lannan Foundation’s readings-and-conversations series Wednesday night.

According to Christie Mazuera Davis, a Lannan program officer, Fisk was told that his papers were not in order.

Davis made last-minute arrangements Wednesday for Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio’s daily news show, Democracy Now!, to interview Fisk via satellite from a television station in Toronto. He appeared on a large screen onstage at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

The controversial British journalist, who is based in Beirut, filed many eyewitness reports on the U.S. invasion of Iraq and criticized Western reporters for “hotel journalism ,” a phrase he coined to describe correspondents who covered the war from heavily fortified hotel suites and offices.

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[FreedomAngel82]

1. Trying to shut him up it seems

*sigh*

[John Q. Citizen]

2. What happened to freedom of the press? Our fascist government

is afraid of critisism.

[Sugarcoated]

6. The same thing just happened

to a UFO researcher on his way from Canada to speak at a UFO convention or something. He said he'd never had trouble before and had come to the US many times. They seemed to get him on some technicality, were very arrogant and rude to him.

His specialty of research, and the subject he was coming to the US to speak about, is UFO's and presidents.

[Lars39]

3. Cold chill..."his papers were not in order".

[tatertop]

7. where have we heard that before?

[LibertyorDeath]

8. Zig heil

"your papers are not in order"

Report to DHS

[TomInTib]

4. How did Galloway get in (the second time)?

[CHIMO]

5. Just Goes

To prove that Canada will let in people without proper papers.