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Think that would be characteristic of north korea? >> north korea is no stranger to issuing threats. the first time it took the u.s. and sony to task was back in june. that was on the same day it said the u.s. military was bringing korean peninsula and a couple of days later, it was accusing the south koreans of aggression as well. north korea complains a lot, makes a lot of threats. rarely follows through with them. i think if we look at this hack and look at the objectives of the hack, the oth...

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Be that people go to the movies. >> president obama weighing on the threat of hackers. while the film has been shelved for now, you hear the president there telling americans, go ahead, dont be afraid to go to the movies. >> the film has been shelved. sony is not going to release it. whether you agree with the decision or not, there doesnt seem to be any interpretation that sony caved to this threat of cyber terrorism. the "new york post" says "kim jong won." brian stetler, the host of reliable ...

Ive been having a hard time, guys, finding defenders of sonys decision. >> i heard people comment to me, oh, well, i hope somebody leaks it on the internet because i still want to see it. >> i think that will happen. >> ive heard other people say, wait, what if somebody made a movie about assassinating our president or prime minister of britain. we would be completely offended by that. >> absolutely. >> its interesting when you change the equation, it makes you consider a different view. >> on t...

It was effective. these theaters were concerned that americans would be concerned enough not to go at the movies, worried about the other movies premiering next week. sony had little choice but to cancel. >> brian, i am wondering what the conversations are like in other studios in hollywood. what kind of conversations theyre having there. >> i think theres a little bit of relief that "the interview" wont be playing, not because it was competition, but it might have scared folks from going to the...

Appears to be responsed by north korea and threats of violence on theaters if the film went ahead. whats happening on wall street appears to be a different story. sony shares are up since this all happened. lets talk about that. joined by senior media correspondent brian stelter. here crisis and management control expert phraser. what about that. sony is not the united states of america. sony is not, you know, even 1940 england with chamberlain. sony is a company with shareholders. they need to ...

Talking about, the embarrassing revelations and e-mails, a series of leaks every couple days put on the internet. will the hackers stop now that sony has given in and decided not to run this movie, it couldnt run the movie because none of the theaters were willing to run it, they were in a tight spot there. the answer is we dont know. we dont know if there will be the christmas surprise the hackers threatened. >> i will give the flip side. perhaps it was a sound business decision for sony to pul...