The victims of the harassment are of course unhappy, but the reporters are often no less so: "When the person refuses to be interviewed, or will not sit down and talk to you nicely, and the story is very important, then what else can you do but surround them and harass them?"
有人將這種作風稱為「食人魚併發症」，認為新聞記者有食人魚的偏好，喜歡追逐目標物，緊咬不放。騷擾包圍受訪者，情非得已，有時記者也很無奈。「當採訪對象不願接受採訪，或不肯好好坐下來談，而這條新聞又很重要時，不包圍騷擾，能怎麼辦？」