Most media reporters closely acquainted with the real situation in fact had few doubts about the engineering side of the MRT project. But in You Hung-cheng's words, "for a while we were extremely disappointed with DORTS 'and TRTC's leadership and morale," and what came out in news reports was naturally the negative and pessimistic side.
對詳知內情的媒體記者來說，其實大多數對捷運工程本身並沒有多大的質疑，但「對捷運單位的領導和士氣，有一陣子卻覺得非常寒心」，遊鴻程說，表現在新聞上的，自然是否定和悲觀氣氛。