Their intelligence is being insulted


Pop’s X Factor TV programme has lost six million viewers in two years and advertising revenue is down 40%. The reason, suggests yesterday’s Independent, is because viewers are “switching off because they feel their intelligence is being insulted”. Does that sound familiar?

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