Given this situation, newly arrived foreign media had to make do with what they could. One reporter for ABC News went to Keelung (near the Chinese missile tests) as a last resort. He says that he was hoping that a missile would go slightly awry and knock a roof tile onto his head, so he could get an exclusive story.
這次負責安排許多媒體採訪的陳天爵舉了一個令人發噱的例子﹘ ﹘新聞收視率在美排名第一的電視網 ABC 記者隊伍，在遍尋軍方受訪者、軍備展示等不著後，乾脆跑到基隆街上亂逛，說是希望導彈稍有偏差，最好掉個碎片到頭上，好拿獨家新聞。