Legislative Yuan member Chu Kaocheng, a participant in many of the conflicts, purchased his own advertising space to publish his viewpoints. At the same time the statement of views of Formosa Plastics 'founder and chief executive, Wang Yung-ching, regarding his perception of Taiwan's worsening investment climate also aroused much attention.
立法委員朱高正曾自費買下報紙廣告版面，宣揚自己的理念；同時，台塑企業董事長王永慶倡談台灣投資環境惡化的「萬言書」，也在報上刊登。