Fake news spreads 6x faster than real news on social media. The Balanced News is your antidote - we only aggregate from established news organizations with real editorial standards. No random viral posts, no unverified claims, no clickbait farms. Just credible journalism from outlets like Times of India, NDTV, The Hindu, and 47 more. Plus, our AI helps you spot bias even in accurate reporting.
India has one of the world's most severe misinformation challenges. WhatsApp forwards, manipulated images, out-of-context videos, and outright fabricated "news" circulate through social media at speeds that fact-checkers cannot match. During elections, communal incidents, and health crises, the volume of misinformation overwhelms individual attempts at verification.
But the misinformation problem goes deeper than obviously fake stories. Even legitimate news outlets practice forms of misinformation — selective reporting (covering only facts that support their narrative), misleading headlines (that don't match article content), decontextualization (presenting facts without crucial context), and false balance (giving equal weight to settled science and fringe theories).
Traditional fact-checking — verifying individual claims one by one — is valuable but insufficient at scale. By the time a fact-check is published, the misinformation has already spread. More importantly, fact-checking individual claims doesn't address the systemic bias that makes legitimate outlets unreliable on certain topics.
The Balanced News takes a different approach to the fake news problem. Instead of fact-checking individual claims, we use multi-source comparison to make bias and misinformation patterns visible. When 48 of 50 sources report a fact but 2 outlets spin it differently, the comparison itself is a powerful form of verification. When one outlet makes a claim that no other outlet supports, the absence of corroboration is immediately visible.
The Lens Score adds another layer by identifying stories that are being underreported — because misinformation thrives in information vacuums. Stories that should be covered but aren't create gaps that rumors and fabrications fill.
If you've been misled by a viral WhatsApp forward, an out-of-context video, or a misleading headline from a 'reputable' outlet, you understand why single-source trust is dangerous. Multi-source verification is the most reliable defense against misinformation.
We only aggregate from established, credible news organizations - no random websites
AI identifies spin and framing - even real news can be biased in presentation
See how 50+ sources cover the same story - fake news rarely survives cross-checking
Times of India, NDTV, Hindu, Express - outlets with editorial standards
Every article linked to original source - verify anything yourself
Find underreported stories that mainstream media ignores - discover hidden important news
A viral claim spreads on WhatsApp: a particular government scheme has been "cancelled." Millions see the forward. Traditional fact-checking will take 24-48 hours. But on The Balanced News, you can immediately check how 50+ outlets are covering government schemes. If no legitimate outlet reports the cancellation, the claim is likely false. If only one partisan outlet reports it, that's a red flag.
This same principle applies to more subtle misinformation. When a political event generates wildly different narratives across outlets, TBN's bias scores help you identify which outlets are reporting and which are spinning. The truth usually lies in the overlap between multiple independent sources — and TBN makes finding that overlap effortless.