Ok, now I get it. You’re looking for a Wikipedia style news site driven by donations.
But no, non profits can absolutely do ads. The only requirements for a non profit is that they have a cause and don’t have share holders who get a profit. They can still have sketchy business practices if they want.
There is an issue. To eat food it takes money. The source of the money will influence the reporting. Humans give those that pay what they want.
When I don’t pay, someone else is. Sometimes a generous person, sometimes an aggressive nation.
Paying sucks, but not paying ever sucks more.
Yeah, our dollars count just as much as the billionaires’, we just got to dig deep in to our pockets and outspend them!
Oh wait.
There literally is not enough money at the bottom to buy out the top on ANY ISSUE.
I don’t get your comment in relation of the listed news websites.
Some of them is non-profit and it’s working well for them.
Do non profit websites not have ads or subscriptions? How do they pay employees?
Donations and grants?
Ok, now I get it. You’re looking for a Wikipedia style news site driven by donations.
But no, non profits can absolutely do ads. The only requirements for a non profit is that they have a cause and don’t have share holders who get a profit. They can still have sketchy business practices if they want.