Paul Lee, a professor in the department of soil and water conservation at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, similarly states that equating betel-nut cultivation with landslides is an example of "the media misleading the public."
屏科大水土保持系教授李錦育也表示，許多人把土石流和檳榔園劃上等號，是「媒體誤導社會大眾」。