Foreign E3 Journalists Body Searched, Deported

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday May 21, 2003 @08:01PM from the sonic-and-mario-brandishing-rubber-gloves dept.

Thanks to Janko for pointing out a press release at Reporters Without Borders denouncing the US authorities for deporting French games journalists sent to cover E3. The complaint alleges that "..these journalists were treated like criminals - subjected to several body searches, handcuffed, locked up and fingerprinted", after arriving in Los Angeles on (arguably misleading) tourist visas to cover the E3 trade show. It doesn't seem to have been just the French, either - messageboard reports indicate at least 5 British journalists from a variety of publications had a similar treatment. Who'd have thought attending E3 could be so.. dangerous?

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yes by ugly+colour+scheme · 2003-05-21 20:06 · Score: -1, Troll

Why would anyone hastle someone from the videogame industry.
I mean it's not like there are games that teach your to kill or games where you kill police officers. I don't see why the government would bother people in this industry.