Balance truly is a case of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". When we see a crackpot on TV, we see cheap amusement. A slow news day. A good id

Balance truly is a case of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". When we see a crackpot on TV, we see cheap amusement. A slow news day. A good idea (balance) gone horribly wrong. But for those who believe the crackpot, it's validation. He must be an authority on the subject, why else would the BBC be talking to him? We're so hell-bent on fairly representing both sides, that we start to forget that the counter to a fact, is a falsehood. Two political commentators may have contrasting viewpoints. Two sports pundits may have differing opinions on who the next transfer should be. But the counter-point to actual fact is fiction.