Sunday's tweets

Another slow news day so far. So slow, in fact, the instead of blogging about news, Greta Van Susteren simply asked commenters to post what their plans are for today.

However she did post an interesting blog called Journalism Swine Flu, which criticizes journalists for their treatment of Sarah Palin. Van Susteren says that she supports challenging Palin on issues, but making fun of her or attacking her personally without offering any real criticism is cowardly.

Van Susteren feels that more and more journalists are falling into the trap of the herd mentality, which she calls the "swine flu virus of journalists." As more journalists joke about Palin, their colleagues are blindly joining in and following the crowd without caring that what they're doing isn't true journalism. She adds that even if the journalists don't agree with Palin, they should focus on challenging and investigating her, rather than making inappropriate personal attacks.

I definitely agree with Van Susteren here. Journalists should stick to reporting the facts, and any irrelevant personal commentary should be left out. There is no need to attack Palin personally if you disagree with some of her views. Instead, journalists could simply explain why they disagree and possibly offer up some alternative viewpoints for consideration.

In other news, some of the most interesting Twitter reports have come from Rachel Nichols, who is covering today's Cincinnati-Pittsburgh NFL game for ESPN. Nichols has been down on the sideline for the whole game, talking to players and gathering injury reports. She reported on some of the trash talking going on between Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco and Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, and about the Bengals promising to "go ham" on the Steelers, which apparently means to "cause mayhem." It was fun to follow along with this while actually watching the game.