One newsman, citing an example of this influence, notes that when the Presidential Office or the Executive Yuan holds a press conference or a banquet for the media, it's not the people from all-entertainment stations that get to meet the big officials. This is why so many TV-station owners hold to the credo that a station without a news department is not a "five star" station.
一位電視人舉例說，總統府、行政院開記者會或宴請媒體，只做綜藝節目的電視台哪有機會見大官？因此不少電視台老闆抱持「沒有新聞部的電視台，不像五星級飯店」的想法，新聞部有其象徵意義。