Hsiao Lung-chi, the reporter who got the footage of President Lee getting off the plane, states that he did not feel he was doing something dangerous when he first broke into the Thai military airhase, but only thought "how I could use my techniques to get the best possible story." As far as television reporting goes, whoever gets the visual is the winner, so he feels he made the right decision.
拍到總統下機的華視記者蕭隆祺也表示，當他闖入泰國軍用機場時，並不覺得在冒險，只是想到「如何運用採訪技巧，將新聞做好」；且以電視的特性來說，有畫面就是贏家，他認為判斷並沒有錯。