In my paper this moring there was an article about urban legends springing up after the WTC tragedy. It was originally from the Los Angeles Times. About halfway through the article snopes.com and its editor, Barbara Mikkelson are given space. Finally, a decent debunking site gets mentioned. Maybe that will stop some of the crap people keep sending.
You know, I typed in the OP, went offline, got my pizza out of the oven, and was just about to bite into the first slice when I remembered I didn’t post a cite for the article.
finally, instead of newspapers re-printing urban legends (and later re-canting them), one is finally acknowledging the vast anti-knowledge out there.
I also heard Barbara talking about WTC legends (very briefly) on NPR, I think it was “All Things Considered” but I couldn’t swear to it.
The New York Times had a similar (or the same?) article last Sunday, complete with photo of Satan in the smoke. I had just read the snopes stories, and was pleased that they got all the info correct.
About a week after the attack, the Today Show announced “in this half hour…the internet site that debunks urban legends”. I waited anxiously for Katie and Matt to start talking about snopes…only to find they were talking about another site entirely 
I almost wrote them a complaint letter 