What is deeply troubling to the media is that the law places the burden of proof on the accused, but at the same time reporters have to protect their sources. "Reporters doing interviews are in fact very helpless; they exist in an environment in which they never know what is going to happen. Will the persons involved try to destroy evidence?"
而令新聞界困擾的是，法律可以責令被告舉證，但記者又必須保護消息來源，「記者採訪其實很無助，往往處在不知道會發生什麼事的環境下，何況當事人又可以湮滅證據。」