Should facts interfere with a good Tweet?

Did you hear Piers Morgan got suspended from CNN? If so, you witnessed the latest journalistic dustup in the Twittersphere. Ross Neumann and Steve Myers used Storify to show how the misinformation spread. TheNextWeb has a more detailed account. But get this: Felix Salmon of Reuters thinks it's no big deal if journalists post rumors on Twitter. Rem Rieder says that's nuts.