Sychophantic (and biased) motoring media?

[GreenArrow]

So all the reviews of the new 911 Carrera are gushing with praise and seem to ignore the increase in kerb weight (1500KG now for a Carrera S 2WD), turbo lag, lack of throttle response vs the n/a engine and marginal improvement in real world MPG. The 911 is clearly still a brilliant car, but it does seem that the UK motoring press suck up to Porsche in particular, but also BMW, VW and Ferrari, which are the media darlings. We really need a new Clarkson, not the Top Gear version of recent years, but the acerbic Clarkson journalist of his earlier years where he wasn't afraid to give an unpopular opinion. His Vauxhall Vectra review was the stuff of legend and perhaps cruel but it did force Vauxhall to up their game a bit. Does anyone else feel that the motoring press are increasingly lazy these days and particularly biased towards their favourite brands?