"There are two main motives for operating a newspaper--profit and political influence," avers Luo Wen-hui, chairman of the Department of Journalism at National Chengchih University. Most scholars oppose the idea of newspapers being run by large corporations, because for such corporations journalism is not their main field. For them, media is just a tool to expand their influence.
「辦報只有兩種企圖，一是賺錢，一是政治影響力」，政治大學新聞系主任羅文輝說，學術界基本上反對財團辦報，因為很多財團的主要事業並不是報紙，對他們來說，媒介只是發揮影響力的「工具」。