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The claim was that they are independent, in the sense that they do not depend on monied interests for their financial survival, and have a real commitment to investigative journalism. I think even their opponents will acknowledge that they won't shy away from running a damaging story on anyone regardless of which "team" they belong to. (Disclaimer: also a subscriber here).

On the other hand, what they are not is "unbiased" or "neutral". They are quite vocal about their political views. On most issues their stance is usually around the leftmost end of the French MSM Overton window, if that means anything. I happen to disagree with quite a few of these views, but I have a lot of respect both for their journalistic integrity and for the role they play within the French media.