Days after Sony announced they were pulling The Interview from theaters across the country, President Obama has come out saying the studio made a mistake.

At a press conference this afternoon Obama was asked if Sony made the right decision in pulling the film and his response was no. Obama went on to say,

“Sony’s a corporation, it suffered significant damage, there were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they face.

Yes, I think they made a mistake.

We cannot have a society where some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Because if somebody’s going to intimidate them for releasing a satirical movie, imagine what’s going to happen when there’s a documentary they don’t like.

Even worse, if producers and distributors start engaging in self-censorship because they don’t want to offend the sensibilities of somebody who frankly probably needs their sensibilities offended.

That’s not who we are. That’s not who Americans are.

Again, I’m sympathetic to Sony … but I wish they had spoken to me first."

The President added that cybersecurity laws do need to be strengthened, but that we can't let threats like this change our patterns of behavior.

He was then asked follow up questions about how the US would respond to these threats, but he quickly shut down that line of questioning.

On Sony's side they have released yet another trailer for the film, leading many to believe they do plan to release it in some way.

Does all this hype around the movie and pulling it from theaters make you want to see it more?

 

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