Salman Rushdie accuses the White House of weaponising 'fake news' – video

The author says the White House has taken the label of ‘fake news’ to use as a weapon, claiming the ‘the entire force of the state is aimed against the fourth estate’. The White House is the place ‘from where all untruth flows’, he says. Rushdie was speaking at the New York public library at A Dangerous Moment: Shades of Red and Blue, hosted by the Ethics Centre and supported by the Guardian. • Immigration, fake news and terror: Rushdie and experts on a dangerous moment for the US