Yes, because obviously the way to handle everything you don't like is to bitch and complain until you've bullied the network into taking it off the air (like that parents' group and the FCC, where they exert tremendous influence simply by writing a handful of letters).

I wouldn't want my (theoretical) kids watching American Idol, but Simon Cowell and his rudeness doesn't even enter into it. I wouldn't want them learning to think of music the way American Idol does. It's that simple. If they understood why I didn't believe the program was worth watching, but they still wanted to watch it for reasons that they could articulate and justify, then they could go ahead and watch it, although I'd still exercise my right to ignore the show, myself.