In light of the role the media played in this affair, the civic group Campaign for Media Reform blasted politicians for using ungrounded sensationalistic issues to get media exposure.
針對媒體在此事件上的表現，民間社團「媒體改造學社」亦發表聲明，批判政治人物常在毫無實據的情況下，操弄各種聳動議題來攻佔媒體版面，缺乏社會責任。