NPR's Inskeep floats spin: Obama scandals only 'catching fire' because nothing else is going on, guys

Oh, lapdog. Bless your precious heart. Spin! Spin like the wind! Wave those Obama pom-poms madly! Inskeep appears to be desperately latching on to this “insight” from Dartmouth assistant professor Brendan Nyhan:

Political Scientist Brendan Nyhan's analysis on why the time is ripe for an Obama scandal & you'll be surprised http://t.co/lfkSlEgz75

— Catherine Shuler (@rhetoricat) May 15, 2013

Mr. Nyhan’s “research suggests” (he actually said that) that scandals are likely to emerge when a president is unpopular among “opposition party identifiers.” Totally your fault, GOP! He also claims that there is not much else going on in the news. So, you know, the press has to fill space and stuff.

Pitiful.

Twitter users try to give Mr. Inskeep and Mr. Nyhan some much-needed doses of reality. NRO’s Jonah Goldberg kicks it off:

.@NPRinskeep that's crazy: we've had lots of news Syria, stock market, Gosnell etc. And GOP base doesn't drive MSM coverage.

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) May 20, 2013

Bingo.

https://twitter.com/s_thorn/status/336446846987804674

https://twitter.com/SteveRegan4/status/336448501389066241

Yep.

@JonahNRO @NPRinskeep Boston bombings fallout, OH abductees escape, immigration debate, TX fertilizer plant explosion/sabotage?, ISS leak…

— Darth Heinous (@jcopella) May 20, 2013

@NPRinskeep @stephenfhayes How sad! Amazing how the press is keeping a lid on this to the BEST of their ability.

— DoneWithDems (@alan058) May 20, 2013

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NPRavda. "@NPRinskeep: Why scandals now? Nyhan, Dartmouth: Obama "unpopular with GOP base and there's not much going on in the news.""

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 20, 2013

https://twitter.com/MorningVent/status/336445495989895168

That’s all “irrelevant,” according to Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer.

https://twitter.com/Bob__Gibbons/status/336448167732203520

Lapdogs? Anyone? Bueller?

@NPRinskeep Whatever gets you through the night, Steve. Even if it's Leftie nonsense (but what would NPR be without Leftie nonsense?)…

— Will Collier (@willcollier) May 20, 2013

@JonahNRO @NPRinskeep Don't wreck their narrative.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 20, 2013

There is one benefit to this pathetic narrative attempt, though.

https://twitter.com/rubedawg1061/status/336450210932875264

Indeed. Schadenfreud-elicious.