The next day, in a headline across page three, it stressed that the China Times was first in newsstand purchases and advertising volume. Citing a survey by Mingchuan College, it declared that it was the paper most trusted by graduates of departments of journalism and mass communications.
中國時報不甘示弱，也在三版頭條強調，中時的零售率和廣告量都是第一，並引用銘傳管理學院的調查，宣稱他們是國內大傳科系畢業生最相信的報紙。