Could at least one tabloid use the headline 'Jim Davidson nick-nicked'. It's free for the taking!
— Steve Oliver(@SteveOliver76) January 2, 2013

I should have put a bet on today's headlines. The online comments following the arrest of Jim Davidson all seemed to go along the sarcastic "well I never saw that coming" route. To be honest, he should really have been arrested for murder when he killed The Generation Game.

The media seem to only be naming those celebrities that people generally dislike, such as Freddie Starr and Dave Lee Travis. If the newspapers aren't able to name names, then they tend to give so many clues that the Internet finds out anyway. The '82 year old children's television legend' apparently spent his Christmas holiday in The Priory due to the stress caused by having his name dragged into the Operation Yewtree situation. This man, who may or may not be guilty of something terrible, is something of a national treasure and that seems to be part of the cover up of his name, (something that could be known as 'Savile's Law'). The ridiculous thing is that everyone knows who it is now.

The mudslinging towards public figures are mainly nothing to do with the Savile situation, but 'historic offences'. Jim Davidson is accused by two women who were in their twenties at the time, so why did they wait until now? The public opinion is stacked against him due to his public persona as a racist, homophobic, alcoholic, wife-beating arsehole. I've never met him, but get the impression that he would be an unpleasant person, and everyone knows this. He and Freddie Starr both come across as arrogant bullies, so might have done whatever they were accused of, and you can bet that somewhere along the line the phrase "things were different back then" will be used.

Since the whole can of worms opened, a certain elderly singer has been very quiet. He is the sort of person who, to use the old joke, opens his fridge and does twenty minutes when the light comes on. It is very unusual for him to hide himself away, (apart from in his closet), especially at Christmas as he's a big fan of the Saviour's day. Michael Jackson made a big song and dance of his clean cut lifestyle, and look where that got him, and he was a bachelor boy too.

I personally hope that the '82 year old children's television legend' isn't guilty of any wrongdoing, as I loved his programmes involving cartoons and drawing. Not that I know who he is of course, just a wild guess. I can't tell who he is yet!

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