0Myth vs. RealityHow is it possible that a fifth of this country believes Obama is Muslim, without any evidence? Tunku Varadarajan on other cockamamie American beliefs—and why so many cling to them.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:09PM EDT / Published Aug. 30, 2010 11:06AM EDT AP Photo The Myth: Obama Is MuslimAP Photo The Myth: Geithner Worked for GoldmanPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo The Myth: Teri Hatcher Had Plastic SurgeryTwitter The Myth: Shirley Sherrod Is RacistManuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo The Myth: New Mosque Will Overlook Ground Zero, Be Funded by IranMark Lennihan / AP Photo The Myth: Lockerbie Bomber Is DyingAP Photo The Myth: Google Was Founded in a GarageAP Photo The Myth: Toyota’s Faulty Pedals Are DeadlyStephen Chernin / AP Photo The Myth: Obama Enacted TARPPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo The Myth: Lou Gehrig Died of Lou Gehrig’s DiseaseAP Photo The Myth: Iraq War Is OverTed S. Warren / AP Photo The Myth: DDT Is EvilAP Photo The Myth: Obama Was Not Born in the U.S.AP Photo The Myth: Arizona Rancher Was Killed by an Illegal ImmigrantGuillermo Arias / AP Photo
The Myth: Obama Is MuslimAP Photo The Myth: Geithner Worked for GoldmanPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo The Myth: Teri Hatcher Had Plastic SurgeryTwitter The Myth: Shirley Sherrod Is RacistManuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo The Myth: New Mosque Will Overlook Ground Zero, Be Funded by IranMark Lennihan / AP Photo The Myth: Lockerbie Bomber Is DyingAP Photo The Myth: Google Was Founded in a GarageAP Photo The Myth: Toyota’s Faulty Pedals Are DeadlyStephen Chernin / AP Photo The Myth: Obama Enacted TARPPablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo The Myth: Lou Gehrig Died of Lou Gehrig’s DiseaseAP Photo The Myth: Iraq War Is OverTed S. Warren / AP Photo The Myth: DDT Is EvilAP Photo The Myth: Obama Was Not Born in the U.S.AP Photo The Myth: Arizona Rancher Was Killed by an Illegal ImmigrantGuillermo Arias / AP Photo