November 16, 2001

How September 11 Has Fed the Rumor Mill

The rumors started flying within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That the hijacked United flight that crashed in Pennsylania was shot down by the government. That a man "rode the rubble" down more than 80 stories in one of the collapsing towers. That Nostradamus had predicted the attacks more than 400 years ago.

Circulated online were a photograph purportedly taken on the observation deck of the World Trade Center as one of the jets approached and an

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