In the Society section of the United Evening News, the paper stated that "If it were not for the media's relentless pursuit of the news, would there be cabinet reshuffles, would government officials step down, would there be presidential news conferences?"
聯合晚報在社論中指出，「若無媒體的窮追不捨，會逼出內閣改組、官員下台、總統記者會的回應動作？」