While we’ve been passing up more Sony stories
than we’ve been posting this week (since we’re
declining to publish gossip-y emails and
speculative scoops related to the hack), the fact
remains that there is some actual, material news
coming out of this situation. And whenever the
President of the United States weighs in on status
of the new Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg film,
that feels like movie news to me.
On the heels of the FBI’s confirmation that North
Korea was behind the cyber-attack on Sony,
President Barack Obama took his year-end
speech as an opportunity to address the
situation, denouncing Sony’s decision to cancel
the release (going so far to remove clips of the
film from the internet) of The Interview. And I
agree with him almost 100%. Hit the jump for
more on Obama’s comments regarding Sony, The
Interview, and not giving in to terrorists.
President Obama told reporters:
“I am sympathetic to the concerns that they
face. Having said all that, yes, I think they made
a mistake. Let’s not get into that way of doing
business. We cannot have a society in which
some dictators someplace can start imposing
censorship here in the United States because if
somebody is able to intimidate us out of
releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they
start doing once they see a documentary that
they don’t like or news reports that they don’t
like. That’s not who we are. That’s not what
America is about.”
This is one hundred percent on point. One need
look no further than the terrorist’s continued
demands this morning that the film never be
released in any way, shape or form. You can’t
give an inch to bullies, or they’ll take everything
they can from you and they will keep coming
back for more. Also, now that Obama’s not up
for re-election, I’m enjoying his ability to be more
candid than he would otherwise feel prudent.
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