All Points: Sony and North Korea

Speaking at a news conference about the computer hack at Sony Pictures Entertainment that the FBI blames on North Korea, President Barack Obama said:

“We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. 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 news reports 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.”

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This story was originally published December 22, 2014 at 5:36 PM with the headline "All Points: Sony and North Korea."