Bob, I respect you and you have been here a lot longer than I, but "Balance" is not the answer. What are the voters supposed to support? Which station preaches what they want to hear? That is the problem now! This country is divided into two camps, liberals and conservatives.
The conservatives take Fox News as gospel and the Liberals take CNNABCBSNBC....as gospel. Go to a site like Fark.com and read their "political" threads. If someone posts a link to Fox, they are immediately discounted as a Neo-Con. Likewise, if someone posts a link to Iraqibodycount.com they are deemed a liberal.
Why can't we just have the "Truth"? I come to Free Republic because I believe I get a fair amount of news from different sources. I also get research from other links that contradict other sources.
Is that too much too ask?