When discussing the issue of out-of-control sensationalist reporting, many people point the finger of blame at the introduction of Hong-Kong-style tabloid journalism to Taiwan in the form of Next Magazine and Apple Daily. But rather than contending that they "led the local media astray," it might be more worth our while to investigate why Taiwan's media chooses the cheapest and most unimaginative devices available in the pursuit of profit and audience size.
許多人把目前媒體的煽情失控，全部歸咎到港式八卦媒體壹週刊和蘋果日報的出現，但與其說它們「帶壞」台灣媒體，還不如探究台灣媒體在追求商業利益時，何以總只想到用最廉價、速成的手段，來博取最大量的觀眾群？