pope francis endorses donald trump. this one i had to look up to make sure it wasn't true accepting refugees from trump america. then an interesting one, trump sends plane to transport 200 marines and this one was popularized by sean hannity so we have a panel here and i want to get to them before we start turning it over to you in the audience and i thought i would ask as a writer of nonfiction and fiction where do you draw the line? >> i think there is such a thing as the truth. if you believe the world is flat the world does not need you to believe that it's round so that is where i started and it is a belief that is enormously eroded in recent times and very strangely they've done a flip and it's crazy stuff from the internet and maybe malicious and put there by russians specifically targeting bernie sanders. now in the post election, the white house from which all flows it is now in the mainstream media. that is a very unstable society. how would you assess the health of the so called main stream media. i believe no

pope francis endorses donald trump. [laughter] >> this one i had to look up to make sure it was not true, ireland excepting refugees from trumps america. and, trump sent plane to transport 200 marines. this was popularized by fox news personality sean hannity. we haven't the status panel and i want to get them before we turn it over to you guys in audience. i thought he would ask salman rushdie first, as a writer of fiction and nonfiction, where do you draw the line? rushdie: i think there is something called the truth. >> a controversial statement. [laughter] rushdie: if you believe the world is flat, the world is not need you to believe it is round to be right. if you believe it is flat, you're just wrong. that is where i start. been a belief which is enormously eroded in recent times. strangely, the term fake news has done a flip. it started off being as you are saying, crazy stuff from the internet. and may become malicious stuff from the internet put there by russians. i read that specifically targeting bernie sande