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It couldn’t be any more ridiculous; a twisting and turning, real-life cloak and dagger drama seemingly tailor-made for Hollywood’s ever-expanding child-like adult audience who tends to believe anything which comes from ‘official sources’ or Jon Stewart’s Daily Show.
Worst of all, the hack attack upset what is by far America’s utmost important group of individuals – actors (including the one in the White House).
We’re then told that “the hackers” are threatening (maybe virtual, or maybe real, they didn’t specify) to unleash “Sept. 11-style” attacks against any theaters who dare screen the upcoming movie. How they would pull-off these attacks against thousands of US theaters simultaneously will forever baffle our media’s fraternity of national security experts
In other words, they might just be making it up, and it wouldn’t be the first time either. For all we know, much of this could have emanated from a publicity office somewhere in Los Angeles.More tragically, the stars of the film, Seth Rogen and James Franco, have cancelled their media appearances on a number of really important programs (which no one I know actually watches), like The Jimmy Fallon Show.
Being the bastion of state-run propaganda that is North Korea, you’d expect that Pyongyang would have taken credit for this grand cyber caper, but it hasn’t. In fact, it’s done the opposite and denied its involvement in the attack. Now, that’s not very North Korean of them.
So with no real evidence to prove otherwise, it’s more likely that the Sony hack was done on behalf of someone other than North Korea. It’s not that the US doesn’t have its share of enemies in the wake of Ed Snowden’s revelations, therefore, it could be any number of governments (including the US). It’s also possible that the hack came from a Hollywood competitor, or a former Sony employee. More than likely, this hack is a false flag We’re told that a nation of moviegoers will be in mourning with the announcement that The Interview won’t be shown on Christmas Day, a cowardly move which cruelly deprives millions of Americans of yet another deep and fulfilling, cutting edge cultural experience brought to you by Svengali and Sons. A tragic ending to a really stupid film. Pundits on CNN, FOX, and even the White House press corps, are all saying
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One of Hollywood’s primary functions in the 21st century seems to be disseminating sensational propaganda, not just to US audiences, but overseas as well. The sad truth behind the The Interview, is that the film has the dirty paw prints of the US defesnse establishment all over it, which makes George Clooney and Barack Obama’s rants all the more laughable. Award-winning writer Ann Hornaday from Washington Post confirmed as much today (via the Daily Beast), with this exchange between DoD contractors and Sony’s Michael Lynton:
“In a June e-mail, Rand defense analyst Bruce Bennett wrote to Lynton [head of Sony Pictures]: “I have been clear that the assassination of Kim Jong Un is the most likely path to a collapse of the North Korean government. Thus while toning down the ending may reduce the North Korean response, I believe that a story that talks about the removal of the Kim family regime and the creation of a new government by the North Korean people (well, at least the elites) will start some real thinking in South Korea and, I believe, in the North once the DVD leaks into the North (which it almost certainly will).”
Lynton subsequently wrote back: “Bruce — Spoke to someone very senior in State (confidentially). He agreed with everything you have been saying. Everything. I will fill you in when we speak.” So the film itself – the very one that FOX, CNN, George Clooney and the President himself - are insisting America gets behind, is nothing more than a $46 million piece of Pentagon-steered propaganda. Hornaday continues:
“The exchange conjured an equally fascinating interlude two years ago, when Lynton moderated a panel at Rand called “How Hollywood Affects Global Policy.” In what now looks like a quaint artifact from a prelapsarian age, Lynton lobbed softballs at actor Michael Sheen, “Homeland” and “24” creator Howard Gordon and Showtime Entertainment president David Nevins about terrorism and torture, never once mentioning the Sony movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” which would be caught in the crossfire about both just a few weeks hence. Presumably the “Interview” script was making the rounds at Sony’s Columbia Pictures, which would greenlight the project early the following year.”
“In a June e-mail, Rand defense analyst Bruce Bennett wrote to Lynton [head of Sony Pictures]: “I have been clear that the assassination of Kim Jong Un is the most likely path to a collapse of the North Korean government. Thus while toning down the ending may reduce the North Korean response, I believe that a story that talks about the removal of the Kim family regime and the creation of a new government by the North Korean people (well, at least the elites) will start some real thinking in South Korea and, I believe, in the North once the DVD leaks into the North (which it almost certainly will).”
Now they just distract us with fart jokes and make us laugh at "the oppression".
originally posted by: KnightFire
I personally think this is a media diversion to something else that is going on. Corporations are hacked on a daily basis and Hollywood actor's phones are hacked regularly, but it doesn't make the national news like this incident has so my question is, what is the diversion for?
CISPA is a dangerous "cybersecurity" bill that would grant companies more power to obtain "threat" information (such as from private communications of users) and to disclose that data to the government without a warrant -- including sending data to the National Security Agency.
CISPA was recently passed by the House of Representatives. We need to make our opposition loud and clear as the battle moves to the Senate.
Last year, tens of thousands of concerned individuals used the EFF action center to speak out against overbroad and ineffective cybersecurity proposals. Together, we substantially changed the debate around cybersecurity in the U.S., moving forward a range of privacy-protective amendments and ultimately helping to defeat the Senate bill.
One thing is sure about it ,is that it is no coincidence because of the sheer play time it gets on MSM .One thing you can count on with that bunch is that they will uses what ever they can get their hands on to paint a picture they want us to see .
originally posted by: kloejen
Is there any proof that NK is behind this?
News here in Scandinavia are already linked to the notion that this is fact.
Is there any facts, saying that NK is behind his?
and because we know they are not reporting news we can put on the other glasses to peer into what moves they are trying to make.
originally posted by: xuenchen
What on Earth would the point be of "setting up" North Korea?
"Set up" for what?
Just a scapegoat perhaps.