During a Monday appearance on NBC’s Today, Aaron Sorkin insisted that his upcoming movie The Social Reckoning about Facebook wasn’t political. Yet, according to him, who is both writer and director, anyone who sees it that way must be “anti-the truth.”
Amid a gooey interview with NBC’s Craig Melvin, Sorkin promoted his dramatization of Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who revealed her revelations about the social media platform while employed as a mid-level engineer.
Though Melvin suggested the movie wasn’t “a red or blue film” meant to have a political agenda, Sorkin gave another explanation as to why audiences should not see it that way, suggesting they were in favor of online disinformation:
“The film shouldn’t be political unless you are somebody who is anti-the truth, okay? The — the film is saying that — that the truth is important, and we’re not getting it. So, unless you are anti-the truth, you shouldn’t find the film political. But, yes, it’s — it’s going to be seen as political, primarily…,” Sorkin claimed.
. steve malzberg
. steve malzberg
