It is a very interesting discussion. Indeed the problem of fake positivity and totally uncritical feel good "journalism" is a function of everyone being in it together. The All Live people are working for the promoter so everything must be fine and dandy and stuff like Dirtfish ( not an established print media) is also heavily dependent on making it all look picture perfect.

Mind you this problem isn't unique to the WRC, since Ecclestone is gone and the circus muppets of Liberty took over its the same there. The journalists work for FOM so every driver is super talented and super nice, every team is doing a great job and for sure every race was a cracker. F1 related online media can be similar to Dirtfish but thanks to a bigger audience they can go bit further with their journalism but when you compare them to long standing print like Motorsport Magazine it's night and day. They are not dependant and can and will through shit at the promoter when it's deserved. In short we need something like Motorsport Magazine to put everyone in the current promoter bubble back in check.