The era of limitations on free speech has disappeared. In this era of open democratic competition, the former ideal of "modesty" has been supplanted by a need to "sell oneself." In the past we were often told to "do more, say less" or "do your work well as an end in itself, not for fame."
於是，各種語不驚人死不休的「驚爆新聞」競相出爐，而統治中華民國超過半世紀、與台灣命運緊緊相連的兩位蔣總統和其家人更成為各種報導、著述、談論的主題，有的頌揚、有的褒貶兼具，而這通常仍以史實為骨架，只是因著撰文者本身的視事角度而齲芻同的重點和詮釋。