The best place to go then might be the smaller independents. I can guarantee that the vast majority of those sites are not bought. I know because I used to work for some of them. Hell, I used to run an independent review site. In all my time contacting devs and publishers, I was never once offered any incentive for a favourable review. If any had done so I would've refused and reviewed it out of my own money. All the other journos I know are the same.
Yup, what I meant really was that I've never bought a game off a review score, but I do read/watch them to get information and decide for myself!

but I'm mystic meg and GTA wont disappoint lmao.