# Snopes made the news
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 30, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659 "2001-09-30T20:29:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/1 "2001-09-30T20:29:49Z")
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](http://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.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/2 "2001-09-30T20:45:16Z")
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.
[http://www.cjonline.com/stories/093001/ter\_legends.shtml](http://www.cjonline.com/stories/093001/ter_legends.shtml)
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### Author:  [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/3 "2001-09-30T20:53:48Z")
finally, instead of newspapers re-printing urban legends (and later re-canting them), one is finally acknowledging the vast anti-knowledge out there.
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### Author:  [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/4 "2001-09-30T21:03:42Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/5 "2001-10-01T02:34:36Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-made-the-news/84659/6 "2001-10-01T03:01:30Z")
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 🙂