X Factor toxins
Daniel Randall ( Solidarity 3-190) says he doesn’t want to get snobbish about the fact that people like watching the X Factor. Fair enough. Except socialists should not abandon critical judgement in an effort to be laid back and non-judgemental. The X Factor, and most shows like it, really are toxic viewing. The drum ‘n’ bass producer Goldie, interviewed in the Observer on 30 January 2011, could not have put it better: “Think about the people who aren’t making it on there [i.e. on the X Factor]. Think about how dysfunctional they feel, how failed they feel, a panel of people going: ‘Sorry you...