This article argues that some controversy concerning ”News-in-Motion” exists in the transformation from written texts to animation. From the perspective of mode transformation, this article focuses on The Apple Daily website's ”News-in-Motion” section to explore the effect of animated news on traditional news production and standards. This article suggests that when transforming an article from written to animated form, news producers need to add a significant amount of visual and oral detail which influences news gathering and verification. Moreover, visual and oral representations in animated news may imply ideologies just as with written texts, impacting news perception and audience judgment. This article shows that through the implementation of animation culture and techniques, and by at times narrating a news story from first-person perspective via video maneuvers. ”News-in-Motion” not only challenges traditional objective journalism but also invokes ethical discussion related to truth and compassion.