They say they had no choice but to shelve it because the major theaters had backed out of its release. And now they’re punching back at the Lecturer-in-Chief after he lamented during a press conference that he wished Sony had contacted him before pulling the now-infamous film, The Interview, from theaters following threats of terrorism from what we now know came from North Korea. Mr. Obama—whose own six-year history as the leader of the free world boasts a laundry lists of screw-ups, cover ups, and downright fraud—called Sony’s decision a “mistake.” Further, Mr. Obama, with a straight face and not a smidgen of irony, said this:

President: "We cannot have a society in which some dictator… can start imposing censorship here."http://t.co/3g3VtPcI9g #SonyHack

— CNN Tech (@cnntech) December 19, 2014

Indeed. He certainly wouldn’t want any competition.

In a statement to CNN, Sony CEO, Michael Lynton, offered this rebuke in response to Obama’s public finger wag:

“We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered, and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie…We were taken by surprise by the theaters, which is what we wanted to do first. Now we’re trying to proceed and figure out what the next steps would be,” Lynton told CNN.

“I did reach out,” said Lynton, who said Sony indeed sought assistance from the President. “We definitely spoke to a senior advisor in the White House to talk about the situation. The White House was certainly aware of the situation.”

Well, welcome to the underside of Barack Obama’s bus and his Self Righteous Wagon, Mr. Lynton.