Their appearance turns the TV set into "a daily window on politics in Taiwan," as one scholar has put it. These talk shows have even drawn the notice of CNN. In April of this year, the American cable network sent reporters to interview DPP legislator Shen Fu-hsiung and sociologist Ting Ting-yu, co-hosts of "Crossfire of Extremes." The show was supposed to represent the new diversity of opinion in Taiwan.
談話性節目甚至引起美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）的注意，今年四月還派人前來採訪真相新聞網「兩極交火」的兩位主持人﹘﹘民進黨立委沈富雄和社會學者丁庭宇，並以這個節目來代表台灣言論的多元化。