want to introduce you to kevin young, author of his new book, "bunk: the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, post-facts, and fake news". comes out this fall. before we go too far into the book, what do you do for a living? >> on the new direct your in how much is part of the new york public library system. i have been there since the summer. it has been a great. we discovered james baldwin papers be announced in april it would just announce two days ago the sonny rollins paper. we are excited to have those archives come home and be part of a cultural life fair, which 36 and one x and we are really happy to have those materials come back. >> you say is part of the new york public library. what the focus? >> the focus is african-american and african diaspora. from fisheries to our two photographs, everything. we have about 11 million items related to the diaspora. i think that is what makes this unique is our age we started in 1925 is the need for division of the new york public library in carnegie library still standing winning the national historic landmark in january. we really come full c

the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, post-facts and fake news. kevin young is the author. thanks for joining us. >> guest: thanks for having me. great to see you. >> sunday on "in depth," american educator, tea party activist, author and attorney crisanne hall is our guest. >> and for different reasons, everybody has an idea that the federal government is out of control. and then the most-asked question i get as we teach, what do you suppose that is? what do we do about it? and if we've been teaching the constitution properly for the last 150 years, we would know what

adams was a plagiarist and washington. but in the 18th century they didn't use questions or quotations. this was the line by joseph was one of the most popular literary accomplishments of the century. and this happens again and again. they are shaped by what they read and what we read. it is a characteristic of the time in which they were living a i could feel and entered into the lives of these people who are just as real and alive as we are but they are no longer around. >> a long time ago general ford was my congressman, so it is nice to hear a kind words you have to say about him because lots of people really do not appreciate the kind of things he did for this country so thank you for those comments and i will be looking forward to the book that is coming out. [laughter] is a wonderful story by richard norton smith who was president of the ford library. i don't think he's written a biography. >> this has been a profound evening for me hearing you talk. one of the issues that i've had for many years is that people, kid

want to introduce you to kevin young, author of his new book, "bunk: the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, post-facts, and fake news". comes out this fall.