In January Wu A-ming, the chairman of the Liberty Times, attacked the Common Wealth report. While saying that the Times would reflect upon some of the criticisms CommonWealth made, he argued that the charge that 30 % of all Liberty Times--some 300,000 copies a day--were given away did great harm to a 17-year-old business that employs 1000 people, and he wanted CommonWealth to offer some proof.
一月中，自由時報董事長吳阿明出庭表示，天下雜誌對其內容的批評，他們自會檢討，但說自由時報發行有百分之三十、高達三十萬份為贈閱，對他十七年辦報、企業一千多位員工是很大的傷害，他要天下雜誌拿出「證據」。