I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who was accused of being mean and cruel on American Idol?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Others focused on the personalities in the show; Ramin Setoodeh of Newsweek accused judge Simon Cowell's cruel critiques in the show of helping to establish in the wider world a culture of meanness, that "Simon Cowell has dragged the rest of us in the mud with him."". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes