In FrontPage I discuss the latest champion of free speech: Barack Obama, of all people — and why his defense of this right rings hollow: As far as Barack Obama is concerned, Sony was wrong to capitulate to threats from North Korean hackers and pull the movie The Interview. “I wish they had spoken to […]
Obama: Against the freedom of speech before he was for it
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” So said Barack Obama at the UN on September 25, 2012. Why did he say this? Because he was blaming a video about Muhammad for the murderous jihad attacks on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi. In that same speech, he called the […]
Psaki: Comedy dropped by Sony after North Korea threats totally different from Muhammad film slammed by State Department
“I would not put them in the same category, which I’m sure does not surprise you. We don’t have — it’s a fiction movie. It’s not a documentary about our relationship with the United — with North Korea. It’s not something we backed, supported or necessarily have an opinion on from here.” And so in […]