"apple daily" was sometimes accused for introducing tabloid journalism to hong kong, according to "the wall street journal". professor paul lee () of school of journalism and communication, the chinese university of hong kong (also dean of the faculty of social science of cuhk from 2009), in the first chapter of his book "new perspectives on hong kong media", described the establishment of "apple daily" had changed the habitat of hong kong newspapers, which he used the word to describe the situation. the high circulated newspaper "apple daily", "the sun" and "oriental daily" are known for its tabloid journalism as well as making main stream reporting (in lee word: ). according to professor lee, the general public criticized the hong kong newspapers, especially the aforementioned one, for example on breach of privacy and paparazzi (known locally as ). the newspaper society of hong kong had established a self-governing panel to response to the criticism, however, "apple daily", "the sun" and "oriental daily" did not join the panel.