To have 'balanced news' it would have to be equal to each political point of view. Because there are so many political points of view, someone would ALWAYS say it was unbalanced. If you had one that was balanced perfectly between the left and the right, the communists would say (correctly) that it was skewed in the favor of capitalism. I guess the easy answer is to know the bias so you can pick it out. When I watch fox, I know they are right leaning, and when I watch cnn, I know they report from the perspective of the major international corporation. Then I can separate the news from the propaganda.