Wednesday 15 December 2010

The X-factor: A Eulogy for Pop?

For the past seven years The X Factor has been the bench mark of poor taste. Yet the debate which accompanies every series has become as tiresome as the show itself. The two tribes which emerge each year always regurgitate the same arguments: one side claiming that Simon Cowell is bringing about cultural oblivion, the other insisting it is good, clean, TV fun, which, on occasion, produces some truly great pop stars.

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http://www.culturewars.org.uk/index.php/site/article/a_eulogy_for_pop/