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

71 claims · filtered from 270
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
The Congress party misused Article 356 a total of 90 times, amended the constitution repeatedly, and moved individuals between judgeships and Rajya Sabha membership. Article 356 misuse opposition attack accurate 60.0%
Article 356 was misused 50 times under Indira Gandhi's government, with state governments dismissed in the middle of the night. Article 356 misuse opposition attack accurate 70.0%
An SIT investigation into the Ram Mandir (funds theft) is ongoing, money is being recovered, and the government is committed to pursuing it fully. Ram Mandir funds theft crime accurate 85.0%
In the Tripura matter, the Congress (via its handle) used an expletive against an entire community (Hindus). Tripura abuse row communal religion accurate 55.0%
Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the BJP wants to change the Constitution and is therefore breaking away MPs, since it could not achieve this through votes. MP defection allegation opposition attack accurate 92.0%
Whoever wished has amended the Constitution, and Congress has amended it the most. Congress amendment record opposition attack accurate 80.0%
During Rajiv Gandhi's tenure the Constitution was amended 10 times, and under the Manmohan Singh–Sonia Gandhi government roughly seven times. Rajiv-Manmohan amendments opposition attack accurate 85.0%
During Pandit Nehru's era, the Constitution was amended 17 times. Nehru-era amendments opposition attack accurate 80.0%
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%
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%
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%
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%
There is no such figure of ₹1400 crore (rebutting the guest's claim that ₹1400 crore was looted from the Ram Lalla temple donations). temple donation loot allegation communal religion accurate 70.0%
Amit Shah went to the Ram temple for darshan in 2021. Amit Shah temple visit communal religion accurate 90.0%
Amar Singh went to jail over the cash-for-votes affair, and in an interview with the anchor he said he did everything to save the Congress government and was repaid by being put in jail. cash-for-votes scandal opposition attack accurate 85.0%
During Ashok Gehlot's government (in Rajasthan), six BSP MLAs were broken away and merged into the Congress; Mayawati said her entire party unit was absorbed. Rajasthan BSP merger opposition attack accurate 92.0%
The PV Narasimha Rao–JMM bribery scandal took place, and PV Narasimha Rao had to appear in court over it; it was a very big matter. JMM bribery scandal opposition attack accurate 95.0%
The anchor sarcastically counters the SP spokesperson by asserting that 30 MLAs were indeed broken away from the BSP (implying the opposition also engineered defections while claiming it was done 'to save the Constitution'). BSP MLA defections opposition attack accurate 70.0%