The opposition candidates, given short shrift by the three over-the-air stations (which are owned respectively by the KMT, the armed forces, and the provincial government), recognized the powerful allure of cable. Their messages were brought virtually everywhere in Taiwan by both the newly legalized cable television stations and the underground ones.
不得三台青睞的在野黨候選人，預見新媒體的魅力，幾乎是掃遍了全省的有線電視和地下電台。