Posted on 12/19/2014 8:43:21 AM PST by Dave346
“two U.S. government officials screened a rough cut of the Kim Jong-Un assassination comedy The Interview in late June and gave the filmincluding a final scene that sees the dictators head explodetheir blessing”
Censorship.
Right there.
So if the two bureaucrats had given the movie the thumbs down, the movie would have been pulled?
Which 0bama bureaucrats do you trust to have veto power over the content of political speech?
Why are they running anything past the gov’t?
I understand that Sony submitted it voluntarily, not that the DOS demanded that they do so.
Had either of the two above occurred, that would be censorship, wouldn't it?
I would bet that they didn't let U.S. government officials screen Death of a President before release in 2006.
Exactly.
The correct response of the government should have been:
“We do not involve ourselves in the free speech rights of corporations. We therefore regretfully decline your request for a review.”
Only the presumptuousness of a natural censor would have them even show up for a screening.
“their blessing”
Which could have been withheld had the content offended Big Brother.
Something smells bad here. Its looking like another crisis that can only be solved by the Emperor’s pen.
Did anyone run the Bush assassination movies past the gobmint?
http://nypost.com/2014/12/18/sharpton-to-have-say-over-how-sony-makes-movies/
Sony has already lost money on this thing, so release it on the internet. Lots to be made there.
Well, after what happened after the widespread viewing of that YouTube video that sparked the spontaneous Benghazi protests, you can’t be too careful...
</sarc> (just in case you missed it)
I skimmed the title of the thread and wondered what an unassassination was.
North Korea holds Seoul hostage for everything they do. The thought of having artillery raining down on a city of millions just isn’t a threat. They are crazy enough to do it.
It’s fiction, it’s a comedy, it’s not reality.
I doubt they would have submitted it to the State Department if a Rep had been in the WH.
Agree on that!
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