Particularly in recent years, with the media reporting only bad news and never good, and the ruling and opposition parties making harsh criticism and insults daily fare, Taiwanese people seem sunk in a morose mood. Taiwan's hard-won democracy and freedom, cultural vitality, and social harmony have all been discounted and distorted through the fun-house mirror that is the mass media.
尤其近年來，在媒體報憂不報喜與朝野相互批評謾罵的慣性下，台灣民間似乎瀰漫低迷氣氛；台灣得之不易的民主自由、文化蓬勃、社會和諧等，無一不在媒體哈哈鏡的檢視下，遭到貶抑、扭曲。