Because senior reporters in the media have the greatest access to political figures, are experienced in reading people's facial expressions and also have well-honed writing skills, both here and overseas veteran reporters number heavily among the writers of critical biographies of politicians.
由於媒體資深記者最有管道和政壇人士接觸，也有察顏觀色的訓練及文字寫作的素養，因此不論國內國外，資深記者都是替政治人物寫評傳的主力作者群。