Depends on how you want to define independent. Independent as in having an owner who does not have a financial stake in the category or a team? Auto Action, Motorsport.com, Speedcafe and V8 Sleuth all tick that box. Doesn't mean that there aren't conflicts between some people within these organisations and some people in team land that may effect on what and what isn't reported, but that is a fact of life that will never change.
Obviously part of being accredited media requires a degree of towing the line, but that doesn't mean unfavourable news is just swept under the carpet. The reporting of the Kostecki / Erebus stoush earlier this year proved that.
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