Nevertheless, in looking at Chen's media strategy, The Journalist, a magazine with a focus on political analysis, opined, "When Chen Ting-nan put a lot of his time and energy into non-mainstream electronic media, the effect was limited to the DPP supporters already in his camp, and was of no use in broadening his appeal."
不過，政論性的「新新聞」週刊分析陳定南的文宣攻勢時指出，「當陳定南把大量時間、精力投注在非主流電子媒體上，其實它的影響力，只侷限在原有的民進黨票源中，並沒有向外擴散的作用。」