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Are you saying that the whole of the United States is a media event that warrants requiring press credentials?

Actually what I am saying is that the problem is with requirements for visas and immigration, not freedom of the press. Once we start looking at the whole system, there are plenty of unfair rules. Students, for example, have had a harder time getting into the U.S. since 9/11. Sometimes the requirements are causing headaches for the State Department, too. For example, now you must have an interview at the Embassy and a few select Consulates to get even a student visa. These students have to prove that they have been accepted at a university in the United States and have enough money to support themselves. They could enter the country on tourist visas but then they wouldn't be able to enroll here. Is this a restriction of academic freedom?

P.S. I'm always up for a good healthy debate... I just don't see one happening here.