On Journalists Day in 1995, the ATJ established a code of news ethics. Among the articles, however, there was one which elicited a vehement response from reporters. It stated, "Reporters shall not accept trips, gifts, or money from government officials or other such objects of media attention. They shall also reject all other efforts to purchase, threaten, or coerce [news stories]."
台灣新聞記者協會在九五年記者節制訂「新聞倫理公約」時，發現遭到最強烈反彈的一項條文，正是「記者應拒絕接受政府單位等採訪對象之旅遊招待、禮品或金錢饋贈，並堅決排拒其它收買或脅迫行為」。