The big story on Twitter on Monday afternoon was pizza rat — until news broke that Scott Walker would be leaving the presidential race.
For most of the late afternoon, pizza rat was Twitter's obsession:
A little past 4 p.m., though, Walker announced a news conference:
Scott Walker just announces newser at 5 pm CT in Madison, WI
Then, at 4:07 p.m., the New York Times broke the news that Walker would be dropping out of the Republican presidential primary race:
BREAKING: Walker dropping out. http://t.co/OYS0P5aZzW
Seeing the Big Picture, there was the Important Question:
SEEKING: @Twitter stats on "pizza rat" v. "Scott Walker" mentions from say 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Twitter came through: Data show that Scott Walker mentions matched—and then outnumbered—pizza rat mentions. Walker overtook the rat at 4:09 p.m.
