Robert Fisk Refused Entry Into U.S.
- From: "Faris Jawad" <ana_faris_bila_jawad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:39:27 -0400
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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