President Obama Calls Out Sony For Canceling The Interview, Says Decision Was A "Mistake"
Posted on Fri Dec 19th, 2014 2:14pm PDT By X17 Staff
Obama is not happy with Sony for letting the terrorists win.
In his year-end press conference, President Barack Obama addressed Sony's decision to pull the controversial film The Interview earlier this week after threats of a terrorist attack.
The President said that pulling the Seth Rogen, James Franco satire allowed a foreign power to censor America, “We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States."
The commander in chief continued:
The President did say he understand the film company was in a hard situation but that ultimately failed to make the correct decision. “Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage, threats against some employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns they faced. Having said that, yes I think they made a mistake," Obama said sternly.
Obama added, “That’s not what America is about…I wish they’d 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’.â€
The President's got a valid point -- actually a lot of valid points. We're 'Merica -- we don't negotiate with terrorists!
In his year-end press conference, President Barack Obama addressed Sony's decision to pull the controversial film The Interview earlier this week after threats of a terrorist attack.
The President said that pulling the Seth Rogen, James Franco satire allowed a foreign power to censor America, “We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States."
The commander in chief 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 that they don’t like, or a news report that 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 somebody whose sensibilities probably need to be offended. That’s not who we are. That’s not what America is about."
The President did say he understand the film company was in a hard situation but that ultimately failed to make the correct decision. “Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage, threats against some employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns they faced. Having said that, yes I think they made a mistake," Obama said sternly.
Obama added, “That’s not what America is about…I wish they’d 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’.â€
The President's got a valid point -- actually a lot of valid points. We're 'Merica -- we don't negotiate with terrorists!
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Do You Agree With Obama That Sony Shouldn't Have Pulled The Interview?
Yes - this is America and censorship ain't cool! | |
No - the safety of the public and Sony employees was at stake. |