Politics journo: 'Is it really necessary' to mention Disneyland Paris suspect's Koran?

@jchaltiwanger If he had a bible, it would have been in the headline! Cmon, it's the NYTimes.

— P. Fiddy (@Ease_Private) January 28, 2016

@jchaltiwanger Are you suggesting that journalists, esp @newyorktimes wouldn't LOVE to cite a Bible-toting armed guy? lol
Ideology matters.

— WinSton (@WinStonBoSton85) January 28, 2016

As Twitchy told you earlier today, a 28-year-old man was arrested at Disneyland Paris hotel. According to reports, he had two handguns, ammunition, and … a Koran.

But John Haltiwanger, senior politics writer for Elite Daily (which touts itself as “The Voice of Generation Y”), doesn’t really see why that last part is relevant:

https://twitter.com/jchaltiwanger/status/692832516076490752

Definition of rhetorical question https://t.co/IThXc4Fg8O

— dubs (@mrbigdubya) January 28, 2016

Maybe those were rhetorical questions, but that didn’t stop these tweeters from weighing in:

yes. https://t.co/zXe74n0gFx

— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) January 28, 2016

Seems relevant no? https://t.co/LxIlYDefEj

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 28, 2016

@jchaltiwanger Yes, that would indeed have been mentioned.

— Don Fredrick (@Colony14) January 28, 2016

@redsteeze @cbinflux @jchaltiwanger Of course it does!

— Vickie Rhoads (@SCBoomer) January 28, 2016

Definitely. https://t.co/eI6LA1pU4v

— Anne (@docboogie) January 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/692840400730529793

@jchaltiwanger Yes and yes.

— Strahan Cadell (@Sartor1836) January 28, 2016

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https://twitter.com/JWGreenshields/status/692839909539729409

Well, given the fact that Islamic terrorism is actually a thing, it's relevant. @jchaltiwanger

— Beef Supreme (@Supreme____Beef) January 28, 2016

In the instance, yeah, I imagine they'd mention any religious or ideological text the guy was toting… https://t.co/blKeDVzC0b

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) January 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/MiscAlaynieous/status/692839705914638340

.@jchaltiwanger You get paid for being so willfully ignorant? Unbelievable.

— Cabeza de Vaca (@LeviPizzaro) January 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/CP4070/status/692839644375883780

Haltiwanger expanded on his thoughts:

https://twitter.com/jchaltiwanger/status/692845307130843137

https://twitter.com/jchaltiwanger/status/692846014332448770