In any case, "English papers are foreigners 'main source of news about Taiwan," remarks a reporter at one of the currently publishing English papers, who admits that neither of the two does a very good job. The international news editors, for instance, work under the principle that "just slapping on any copy is good enough," he says.
不過，「英文報確實應該是外籍人士瞭解台灣事務的主要資訊來源」，一家英文報記者說，他雖任職其中但仍得說，目前台灣的兩家英文報的表現都不夠「稱職」。