Because there's more money interested in subverting or eliminating such efforts than there is in seeing them run well.
Ideology won't even save you there: it doesn't matter if you want to run such a site with editorial integrity and all the trimmings. The folks who want you silenced outnumber you and have more resources than you do.
Ideology won't even save you there: it doesn't matter if you want to run such a site with editorial integrity and all the trimmings. The folks who want you silenced outnumber you and have more resources than you do.