The press conference received unprecedented attention. All of Taiwan's media big and small were present, as well as 60 foreign correspondents. CNN even broadcast the entire event interpreted into English. As Liberty Times writer Chin Heng-wei put it: "This is not just a matter of reporting the election of a country's president; its high news value is derived from the tense situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait."
記者會受到的矚目是空前的，除了國內大小媒體，國外媒體記者也有六十幾位，其中 CNN 全程轉播並即席口譯，正如同自由時報專欄作家金恆煒說的，「這不只是報導一國總統的選舉，而是為了兩岸局勢緊張下的高新聞價值。」