A further topic of debate is the media's seeming loss of its "fourth estate" objectivity. The Pai kidnappers were allowed to speak through the media.
另一方面，當今媒體的角色已不再是客觀獨立的第四權，繼劉邦友縣長公館血案嫌犯「老三」上有線電視喊冤，白案三嫌也一再利用媒體傳話。