FINANCIAL TIMES: … “We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States,” [President Barack] Obama said. “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.”
Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures chief executive, shot back in a Friday evening interview with CNN, his first since the hacking attack…
He said the studio did not own cinemas and therefore could not determine what they showed. In a statement, Sony Pictures also pointed at cinema owners, saying: “This was their decision.” … (more)
