Many academics and media figures, including National Chengchi University journalism professor University Graduate Institute of Building and Planning associate professor Bih Herng-Dar, and Contemporary Monthly editor-inchief Chin Heng-wei, object that many legislators are themselves cable television operators, yet they have not withdrawn in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
包括政大新聞系教授陳世敏與台大城鄉所副教授畢恆達、當代雜誌總編輯金恆煒等多位學界及媒體人士即批評，多位立委本身即為有線電視業者，並未迴避利益。