In 1993 there were county and city elections, followed by local elections on a larger scale last year, including those for the provincial governor and the mayors of Taipei and Kaohsiung. Every year opposition figures have protested the "unfair news reporting" put out by the three over-the-air stations, and even mobilized their supporters to surround the stations 'studios.
尤其近幾年台灣，年年有選舉，八十年是國代選舉、八十一年選立委、八十二年選縣市長，去年更有大規模的省市長選舉，在野人士每一年都抗議三台「新聞報導不公」，甚至曾發動支持者包圍三台。