When will fans learn to get all the facts before condemning someone?

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Michael Jordan once said that you can't believe everything that you read in the papers. That lesson should be learned by professional wrestling as a selected proportion of fans believe every little news-tidbit they read on various wrestling news sites and jump to conclusions before having all the facts.

Such as was the case yesterday when fans read on 411wrestling.com that WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy had been removed from a flight via escort from police at the Nashville International Airport as a result of an unspecified issue while traveling to a live event with his brother Matt and friend Gregory Helms.

The UK Sun, a "reliable" tabloid, reported that a WWE spokesperson commented that the company had been informed of the alleged incident involving Jeff and were currently investigating the situation and would take appropriate action if needed, basically saying that it would be Jeff's third strike with the company, resulting in termination.

Of course, every freaking Jeff Hardy hater came out of the woods, celebrating as if they had won the World Series with the news that Jeff could be fired. These people are pathetic in my opinion as they find joy in someone losing their job. Yes, Jeff has made mistakes in his past but has admitted to them like a MAN, something these people obviously have no clue how to be, and knows he is on thin-ice with the company as it is since he lost his home and dog as a result of a tragic fire.

Also, did these people bother to stop and think that it didn't make much sense for Jeff to do something like this, especially when he was traveling with his brother, who is the father type of the two? Of course not! These idiots saw the headline that Jeff was in trouble again and that gave them a case of morning wood.

Of course, those same idiots suffered from a case of premature ejection as just today, The Tennessean reported that the reason Jeff was not granted access to his flight heading to North Carolina was because the Southwest employees stated he "appeared" to be intoxicated at the Airport's Southwest gate. Jeff was told that he couldn't board the flight, was NOT arrested and offered a later flight. Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz added that Jeff was very cooperative and there was no need for the police to come as there was no altercation.

You see? It was nothing! Jeff was most likely tired from the traveling and having just been at the Smackdown tapings the night before. If Jeff had been as intoxicated as the first report stated, which also said Jeff was on the flight and taken off, which was proven to be false, wouldn't Jeff had started ranting and raving like a lunatic as most drunks do? Instead, Southwest has said Jeff was cordial and polite. Does that sound like a raving drunk to you?

It sickens and saddens me that we have idiots who can't think for themselves to separate truth from fiction when reading headlines at these news-sites and that they also take joy in someone getting fired. I hope that when they get fired or mess-up at their job, someone is there to take glee in their misfortune as they do when it happens to others.