The electronic media was a contributing factor to the politicizing of news, because it focused on ratings and hyped news items without first authenticating them.
而電子媒體向來唯恐天下不亂，只求短暫收視率，導致事發之初未盡查證之責就大肆渲染，引起社會無謂恐慌，亦是造成此種造勢作秀問政風格的原因之一。