What is The Balanced News?
The Balanced News lets you compare how different Indian media outlets report the same story — side by side. With political bias and sentiment indicators, you get the full picture, not just one perspective. Available in 6 Indian languages.
Problem
Users previously manually checked multiple news sources to understand diverse perspectives on Indian news, leading to time-consuming manual comparison and lack of bias awareness due to fragmented information.
Solution
News aggregation platform where users compare Indian media outlets’ coverage side by side with automated political bias and sentiment indicators. Example: View The Hindu’s and Republic TV’s reports on the same event with bias scores.
Customers
Journalists, researchers, and politically engaged Indian citizens aged 18-45 who regularly consume news in regional languages and seek unbiased insights.
Unique Features
Only tool offering multilingual (6 Indian languages) side-by-side news comparison with AI-powered political bias labeling and sentiment analysis for Indian media.
User Comments
Useful for spotting media slant
Saves research time
Needs more regional outlets
Bias metrics feel accurate
UI needs dark mode
Traction
Newly launched (2024), supports 6 languages, integrated with 50+ Indian outlets. No disclosed revenue; founder has 2.3K X followers. 480+ ProductHunt upvotes.
Market Size
Indian digital news market valued at $400 million in 2022 (IMARC Group), growing at 8.5% CAGR amid rising media polarization.
