The study will primarily discuss that disclosure journalism inTaiwan,--Qiu Yi’s disclosure craze influence Taiwan mainstream media system. When Legislator Qiu Yi disclosed a crucial picture about the ruling party’s scandal in a TV political talk show in 2005, mainstream media began to pursue the disclosure craze.
Qiu Yi’s disclosure made mainstream media system in Taiwan paralyzed and changed the relationship between journalists and news sources. Journalists had no power to select what they want to report and confirm when they cover Qiu Yi’s disclosure craze whilst Qiu Yi had more and more scandals about The First Family to make journalists obey Qiu Yi’s rules. If journalists can’t comply with him, they will loss the important message. However, the scandals sometimes were wrong. Newspaper journalists had no time to investigate the sources and reported the news about Qiu Yi’s disclosure craze. Therefore, audiences can’t distinguish the information. However, the mainstream media called Qiu Yi “a hero of scandal disclosure” and still reported the wrong messages. From 2005 to 2006,Qiu Yi made the huge disclosure craze in Taiwan and caught what the media wanted. The study mainly explores the relationship between Qiu Yi andjournalists. Research questions are as the following: (1)Did Qiu Yicontrol the journalists indirectly? (2)How did Qiu Yi disclose in different media? (3)Did he use distinct way to attract media’s attention? (4)Why did Qiu Yi’s disclosure craze affect mainstream media system in Taiwan?