The GIO has followed this principle for these many years. Chang King-yuh, the first CIO head from the ranks of academia, declared: "Academia is the upstream source for the media, while the media is the up-stream source for public opinion."
這個原則，也是新聞局幾十年來所遵循的國際宣傳方向，宋楚瑜做局長時，便費了不少功夫，邀請國內各方面的學者，組織一個類似「思想庫」的菁英隊伍，邀請他們參與行政院長演講稿的擬定。