Rage Factor!

It's that time of year again... Christmas is round the corner, and the battle is on for the Christmas Number 1 spot!
For the past few years we have seen 'The X-Factor' winner go on to successfully become Number 1 at this festive time. Many, like myself watch and thoroughly enjoy the show.
However, not everyone is pleased that The X-Factor winner, time and time again, claims the top of the charts. Ragefactor.com, with it's tagline 'Take the power back' are campaigning against the reality shows winner to do this for the 5th year in a row. It's campaigners claim that the televised show is only out to get money and ruining the UK music scene along the way. Instead they are voting for Rage against the Machine's 17-year-old track 'Killing in the name' to achieve number 1 status this Christmas.
The campaign started out on-line with a Facebook page dedicated to it, with half a million fans vowing to download the Rage against the Machine's single in an attempt to out-sell the X-Factor winner, now known to us as Joe McElderry. It wasn't long before the campaign was featured in Kerrang!, Sky News, NME and others. Not bad for something that started out as a Facebook page!
Simon Cowell himself discussed the campaign at the X-Factor Press Realease, describing it as 'cynical' and 'stupid'. He went on to say "I think it's incredibly dismissive of the people who watch and enjoy the show... to treat our audiences as if they're stupid and I don't like that".
I understand that a lot of people may not like the television show, and may find it unfair that the winner has an advantage compared to other artists to become Number 1 at Christmas. However, what makes this song so special that it claims to bring back real music? Something that has apparently been taken away from us because of shows like The X-Factor. The more I think about it, the more it appears that the whole thing is just a scam in an attempt to claim the sought-after spot this Christmas!
Whatever you or I think, this campaign has definetly achieved something- public attention! Like I said, not bad for something that started out as a common interest.