> our system of government shouldn't stand unless some of its vital organs are profitable in a dog-eat-dog capitalist system
Plenty of countries get around this with independent but government funded media, the BBC in the UK, ABC in Australia, etc. I guess NPR is probably the closest thing in the US. They do a better job at reporting the news than most commercial providers and their sites are a lot less crapware infested (but getting worse), compare this (https://www.abc.net.au/news/) to just about any commercial news organisation.
The only problem I've ever had with the ABC is that it's crap at local news.