Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Amish Devgan

News18 India Aar Paar Hindi
75.8% claim accuracy
How accuracy is measuredAccuracy = accurate ÷ (accurate + inaccurate + misleading), over verdicts with confidence ≥ 0.7. Unverifiable claims are excluded from the denominator.
0 100 75.8%

95% confidence interval 64–85%

Why we rank by the confidence boundWe rank by the lower bound of this interval, not raw accuracy. A small sample yields a wide interval and a low bound — so anchors earn their rank by being checked more, not by looking good on a handful of claims.
. 62 checked of 186 checkable · 270 extracted.

Scrutiny
What scrutiny meansN checked of M checkable — the share of this anchor's checkable claims that have actually been fact-checked. High accuracy over low scrutiny is a provisional reading, not a verdict on the anchor.
 62/186

Verdict mix

107 of 270 extracted claims checked

107 of 270 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
opposition attack 36% communal religion 30% governance economy 21% pakistan security 4% crime 3% other 3% science tech 1% education 0% infrastructure transport 0% international 0%

Who is held responsible
How framing is measuredThe framing target of each claim — the party the anchor assigns responsibility to. Blaming the people involved frames differently from blaming the system that enabled the issue. Counted, not judged. Click a bar to read those claims.

Framing of blame across all extracted claims · click a bar to read them
This anchor most often points at Individuals 10 claims →
Individuals 10 System & institutions 9 Government 20 Opposition 184 Foreign actor 20 Media 4

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

45 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

270 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
During Indira Gandhi's rule, the Constitution was amended 28 times. Indira-era amendments opposition attack inaccurate 60.0%
During Pandit Nehru's era, the Constitution was amended 17 times. Nehru-era amendments opposition attack accurate 80.0%
During Congress rule, the Constitution was amended a total of 62 times. constitutional amendments count opposition attack inaccurate 70.0%
The world is praising Narendra Modi's and the Indian government's foreign policy. foreign policy praise governance economy not checked —
The opposition's narrative that the Modi government rigged elections under the pretext of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) has failed and been rejected by the public. SIR rigging allegation opposition attack not checked —
The opposition's narrative that EVMs and the electoral process are flawed has failed and collapsed. EVM doubts opposition attack not checked —
The opposition's narrative that a major economic crisis is coming to India has failed. economic crisis narrative opposition attack not checked —
The opposition's narrative that the Modi government will abolish reservation has failed. reservation abolition narrative opposition attack not checked —
Thirty BSP MLAs were broken away to save Mulayam Singh Yadav's government — implying the Samajwadi Party also engaged in buying legislators — and the anchor demands to know how much money changed hands then. BSP MLA split opposition attack misleading 75.0%
The BJP says that Akhilesh Yadav himself fears his party is being broken apart ahead of the UP elections. Akhilesh defection fear opposition attack not checked —
Rajbhar and Keshav Prasad Maurya had said that many Samajwadi Party leaders are going to leave the party. SP leader exits opposition attack accurate 90.0%
The Samajwadi Party seems to sense that some of its own leaders are about to defect and is preparing for it. SP defection fears opposition attack not checked —
Akhilesh Yadav says the BJP is breaking parties in order to change the Constitution. Constitution change allegation opposition attack accurate 85.0%
Sanjay Raut says the BJP is addicted to splitting parties and no party has been spared. BJP party-splitting charge opposition attack accurate 85.0%
Although AAP claimed its members cannot be bought, seven of its own MPs defected ('were sold'), led by Raghav Chadha. AAP MP defections opposition attack accurate 85.0%
Even granting that the BJP is buying legislators, the question remains why the MLAs are selling themselves. MLA defections opposition attack not checked —
AAP has therefore lost the moral standing to advocate on behalf of Ram. AAP moral standing communal religion not checked —
AAP officially opposed the Ram Mandir. AAP Ram Mandir opposition communal religion inaccurate 85.0%
Kejriwal (invoking his grandmother) had said that his Ram would never go to a temple built where a mosque was demolished. Kejriwal Ram remarks communal religion accurate 85.0%
Before that, Rajiv Gandhi had the locks of the disputed site opened — these are historical facts. Babri locks opening communal religion accurate 75.0%
It was the RSS and BJP's Ram Rath Yatra that started the Ram Mandir movement. Ram Mandir movement credit communal religion inaccurate 85.0%
In its entire existence, Anurag Dhanda's party (AAP) did nothing for the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya — no kar seva, no donations. AAP Ram Mandir role communal religion misleading 65.0%
If MPs and MLAs are being bought, why are they selling themselves — the buyer is questionable, but so are those who sell out. MLA horse-trading governance economy not checked —
AAP's own MPs were also bought/defected, led by Raghav Chadha, and AAP itself even claimed Raghav Chadha's wedding happened because of them. AAP MP defections opposition attack accurate 80.0%
The Aam Aadmi Party officially opposed the Ram temple. AAP temple opposition opposition attack inaccurate 75.0%