reason/blog/2014/12/19/obama-who-tried-to-censor-innocence-of-m What a difference a couple of years make, eh? Heres President Obama talking at todays press conference about Sonys decision to yank The Interview after being hacked and threatened: “We cannot have a society where some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States,” Obama said. “Imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don’t want to offend the sensibilities of someone who’s sensibilities probably need to be offended.” But before we lose perspective, recall the presidents reaction in 2012 to the YouTube video The Innocence of Muslims, which mocked Mohammed as a pedophile and more. The Obama administration pressured Google to remove the offending short, which for a while it claimed triggered the riot in Benghazi, Libya: Obama administration officials said Thursday that they have asked YouTube to review the video [that reportedly set off the embassy attacks] and determine whether it violates the sites terms of service, according to people close to the situation but not authorized to comment. Why the change of heart?
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 04:49:40 +0000
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