Rumors and Myths

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By Laura Knoy on Thursday, September 27, 2001.
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They?ve been flying around the internet after the September 11th terrorist attacks. In times of crisis, it?s sometimes hard to know what?s true or false. Laura's guests are Keene State Journalism professor Mark Timney http://www.keene.edu/ and Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University. http://newhouse.syr.edu/newhouse_web/research_centers_new/center_pop_tv.....

The following are internet rumor and urban legend websites mentioned during Thursday's show:

Hoaxbusters: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org

Snopes: http://snopes2.com

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