Posted on 12/20/2014 5:02:55 AM PST by Din Maker
Earlier this week, Sony made the controversial call to cancel the release of its North Korea-set comedy The Interview over terroristic threats made by hackers. In a press conference today, President Obama called Sony's decision a "mistake."
"Sony is a corporation," said President Obama. "It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake."
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States," he continued. "Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary they don't like. Or news reports they don't like. Or even worse, imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of someone whose sensibilities probably need to be offended. That's not who we are. That's what America is about."
"Again, I'm sympathetic that Sony, as a private company, is worried about liabilities, and this, and that, and the other," Obama continued. "I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them, 'Do not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.'" -
Agreed.
Leading from behind, as usual.
Did he call Sony and tell them not to relent. No!
He waited for public opinion and jumped on board.
Shut Up !!!
Yeah, imagine. "They" might use one of the most feared and powerful agencies of "their" government - a tax collection agency, for example - to investigate, harass and punish a filmmaker. Right, Dinesh?
Or "They" might use the same fearsome agency to effectively deny/disenfranchise voters from a perfectly legitimate, competing ideology. Right, Tea-Partiers?
The bad guys are not necessarily twisted little tinhorn dictators in other countries. Some of them are twisted little tinhorn dictators in THIS country.
To put it another way, the pot and the kettle BOTH appear black to me...
The "tell" was that the first beneficiary of this event is Al Sharpton, of all people. He now has input on Sony's creative output.
No doubt in addition to a hefty "consulting fee" on racism.
Think about it--Amy Paschal, who's company is falling apart due to extensive data breaches and hacks, whose intimate emails are being broadcast worldwide, and whose company now has a botched Christmas movie release--you have time to meet with Al Sharpton.
I am so sick of the lies that emanate from the White House and Congress.
Well this calls for the manic executive order of King Barry...order Sony to release it while telling all the peasants of the land to go see it and all will be well....
America made a mistake when it voted Marxist!.
He wanted the chaos promised.
Bottom line is that this is the result of Obama’s weakness. Our enemies know they can do whatever they want and Obama’s response will be weak or non-existent. Sony realized that this administration would do nothing to protect it, so it had to take action to protect itself.
Everything smells in this regime. It’s a stank fest at 1600.
Is there ANYTHING in this country that isn’t ALL ABOUT HIM?? And he lies about it, too!
He lies about everything. And nobody ever calls him on it. Nobody.
“I wish they had spoken to me first.”
I just happened to walk by a TV in a restaurant when he said that. I almost choked. Mr. Dictator doesn’t want anybody to make a decision without clearing it with him.
Shocking photo reveals where Kim Jong-un got idea to target, intimidate filmmakers
“President Obama: Sony made a mistake when they pulled “The Interview””
That is OK. America made a huge mistake when we extended Affirmative Action to include the Presidency.
I don't often use the word, but WHAT a douche bag!!!!
He is right.
Now every group that wants to influence the press will start making threats, and the insurance company lawyers will demand they be honored.
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