A number of rumours and hoaxes have appeared in the printed, broadcast and online news outlets since the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. They include:

The "face of Satan" was rumoured to be seen in images from CNN's television coverage and in a photograph taken by a freelance photographer (who subsequently sold his picture to Associated Press) of the smoke billowing from the burning twin towers.

The UK-based Press Association carried a story this week that a man who said his wife and six-year-old daughter were killed in the World Trade Centre attack was lying. According to his sister, Natalie Braker, her brother Alan did not have a six-year-old daughter and said his ex-wife and their teenage daughter were still alive.

After the towers collapsed rumours circulated of possible survivors under the ruin. A report that 10 police officers were still alive beneath a collapsed building proved to be a hoax.

Lebanese television is reported to have run a story claiming 4,000 Jews who worked at the World Trade Centre did not turn up for work on the day of the attacks.

The Houston Chronicle ran a story the day before the attacks concerning a fifth-grader in a Dallas suburb who told his teacher world war III would begin the next day. School officials are reported to have told the FBI.

There were various hoax reports of Muslims celebrating after the attacks. However, rumours that CNN shots of Palestinians celebrating were scenes from 1991 were unfounded.

This quote from President Bush was, unfortunately, not a hoax, as reported by Newsweek: "When I take action I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."