
"The phrase
Jay "Mariotti" became a Twitter trending topic in the United States by Saturday afternoon, with the majority of the commenters exhibiting glee over his arrest,"
Richard Deitsch writes, adding, "The attacks were also not limited to the general public. Among those who offered their thoughts through social media outlets were
Roger Ebert, Mariotti's former colleague at the Chicago Sun-Times, who tweeted, "Jay Mariotti's arrest makes me fondly remember my farewell column after the rat left the Sun-Times." He then re-posted this column, which the paper headlined 'Jay The Rat.'''