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TheMythofFactByJAMESPONIEWOZIKMonday,Aug.23,2010OnAug.4,BarackObama,PresidentoftheUnitedStates,celebratedhis49thbirthday.Oratleast,hedidifyouliveinoneversionoftheU.S.Ifyouliveinanotherversion,onAug.4,BarackObama,theclaimanttothepresidency,celebratedanunknownanniversaryofhisbirthonforeignsoil,maybeinKenya,whichmakeshimineligibletoholdhisoffice.ThatalternativeU.S.isasurprisinglybigone:accordingtoaCNN--OpinionResearchpoll,27%ofAmericanssayObamawasprobablyordefinitelynotborninthiscountry.There'sapoliticaldivide--41%ofRepublicansbelieveit--butanotinsignificant15%ofDemocratsdoaswell.Andtheybelieveitdespite,orperhapsbecauseof,thefactthattherumorhasbeenrepeatedlyandthoroughlydebunkedbythepress(anddismissedbyHawaii'sRepublicangovernor).Journalists,andthosewhocritiquethem,liketobelievethatfactsconquerall.Ifthepressreportsquickly,fullyandresponsibly,mythswillbedispelled,scaleswillfallfromeyes,andsocietywillbeguidedalongthepathofreason.It'stimetowonderwhetherthatbeliefisitselfamyth.ThereisnoreasonablebasisonwhichtobelieveObamawasnotlegallybornintheU.S.Alotofpeoplebelieveitanyway,spurredbyclaimsinmasse-mailsechoedonwebsitesandtalkradio.ManyalsobelievethatheisaMuslim,that9/11wasaninsidejobortheworkofSaddamHussein,thathealthcarereformwillestablish"deathpanels,"thatFEMAmadeplansfor"concentrationcamps,"thatTrigPalin'srealmotherisnotSarahbutBristol,thatcorporationsorcommunityorganizersstolethisorthatelection.Rumorsandconspiracytheoriesareoddlycomforting.Theysimplifyacomplexworld--onethatexpertsconstantlygetwrong.Theyreaffirmnarratives(Obamaisdishonest,Obamaisun-American,Obamaisalien).Theyoffersuperiority(don'tbeoneofthesuckers).Theytellthedisenfranchisedtheyarenotcrazy(theworldreallyisagainstyou).Sotheygofar,farback--moon-landingdenial,Holocaustdenial,round-Earthdenial.TechnologynowenablesrumorstospreadatthespeedoftheForwardE-Mailbutton.Butthecommonexplanation--thatnewmedialetusself-selectintogroupsandneverhearnewsthatcontradictsourbeliefs--maybetoosimple.Wedohearcontradictory
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