The Fear of a Few Leads to the Riots of Many

You know the Internet highway is wide and vast and I am sure I have only just cracked the surface. I love all the emails that come my way from the vast populations that claim "WARNING" the worst virus ever is attacking computers. Then to back up the claim there is always a link to Snopes that it must be true because they found it on Snopes.
I like Snopes, I really do, it is fun to go in and research the vast array of urban legends. What I don't like are the "riots" of the many that claim a truth because they found it on Snopes but then only quote half of the cited reference. They see the word "true" and automatically assume that it is the almighty word and begin spreading it to the masses. However, if they would just simply read one or two more lines they would quickly discover that yes it is true but, there are usually qualifications to the truth. Perhaps the virus is 10 years old and signatures have already been created by the anti virus programs. The latest regarding expired boxed mixes having deadly toxic mold and must be thrown out immediately, nice but, mold grows from spores and it is rare that a boxed mix has come into contact with the actual spores and only then does the mixture become deadly if the person has a severe allergy.
I appreciate the warnings, in the case of the boxed mixes the author cites the horrible death of a teenager that encountered a rare course of events and died from anaphylactic shock as a result of a mold allergy. While this family truly has my sincerest sympathies (I cannot even imagine the devastation of losing a child) this particular case was an allergic reaction.
The malicious use of this tragic course of events were used to spark fear in parents across the lands. Again Snopes was cited as the gospel of truth and a paragraph is quoted in the email, however not the entire article.
These events are horrible and honestly I appreciate the warnings. What I don't appreciate is the spark of fear without all the facts. The world has had an abundance of horrific events and I cannot possibly comprehend the twisted minds of the individuals that cast these tragedies upon the masses. What the world does not need is more fear because only half the facts were shared.
I wish that people would step back, take a deep breath and tell the WHOLE story.
People need to step up and read the entire email and then the entire Snopes article to verify the facts and stop spreading these fears based on half told stories.
Oh bother.....