Fox News host Martha MacCallum falsely claimed that President Obama failed to reassure Americans to continue movie-going after Sony's film The Interview prompted terror threats. However, Obama had encouraged Americans to “go to the movies” hours earlier. 

The Interview, a comedy that revolves around a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been pulled from movie theaters and will not be released by Sony after terror threats were made against the theaters it was scheduled to be played in on Christmas Day. The threat referenced the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

On the December 17 edition of The Kelly File, MacCallum complained that the White House has been dead silent on the threats. MacCallum recalled that after 9/11, “the message was always 'Go on, live your life, do what you're going to do, go to the movies, go shopping'”:

But hours before The Kelly File aired, Obama said these very words in an ABC News interview: “My recommendation would be that people go to the movies.”

MUIR: Do you consider this a legitimate threat, and how concerned are you?

OBAMA: Well, the cyber attack is very serious. We're investigating it. We're taking it seriously. You know, we'll be vigilant. If we see something that we think is serious and credible, then we'll alert the public. But for now, my recommendation would be that people go to the movies.

Before The Kelly Show aired, CNN also reported on President Obama's advice: