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.
According to Yadav's allegation reported by the anchor, the BJP wants to change the Constitution and that is why MPs are being made to defect. MP defections opposition attack not checked —
Akhilesh Yadav has made a major allegation against the BJP government, attacking it by saying it is going to change the Constitution. constitution change allegation opposition attack not checked —
If the full story of political horse-trading scandals comes out, it will implicate many powerful people and shock everyone; the anchor claims he knows explosive details he could reveal. horse-trading secrets governance economy not checked —
Rhetorical accusation that the sting operation was stopped to shield someone, questioning whom it was meant to protect and how that saved the Constitution. sting operation suppression governance economy not checked —
A so-called journalist stopped the sting operation (on the cash-for-votes scandal) at that time; the anchor asks which 'godi media' that was and which Constitution was being protected. sting operation suppression governance economy not checked —
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 rewarded by being put in jail. cash-for-votes 2008 governance economy not checked —
Suitcases full of currency notes were brought inside Parliament (reference to the 2008 cash-for-votes episode, attributed by the anchor to 'Lal Advani'). cash-for-votes 2008 governance economy not checked —
Whichever party gets the opportunity has always exploited it; this has always been the arithmetic of politics. political horse-trading governance economy not checked —
The BJP summoned its state president B.Y. Vijayendra over the cross-voting episode in Karnataka. BJP internal accountability governance economy accurate 82.0%
In the recent Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, cross-voting occurred: BJP MLAs voted for the Congress candidate/MP. Karnataka cross-voting governance economy accurate 85.0%
During Ashok Gehlot's government, six BSP MLAs were broken away and absorbed; Mayawati said her entire party unit was merged (into Congress). BSP MLAs Rajasthan governance economy accurate 90.0%
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 governance economy accurate 92.0%
Sarcastic assertion that entire parties were broken apart, supposedly in the name of saving the Constitution. party defections governance economy not checked —
When 30 MLAs were broken away (defected), it was claimed the BSP party had not actually split. BSP MLA defections governance economy unverifiable 50.0%
The anchor poses, as the day's big question, the insinuation that the opposition tries to build narratives without doing any fact-checking. narrative without fact-check opposition attack not checked —
The anchor questions both Congress and BJP on whether they have even a little respect for the faith of 100 crore Sanatanis/Hindus, implying they do not. Hindu faith respect communal religion not checked —
The anchor claims that where a question of the faith of 100 crore Hindus is involved, these people (politicians/parties) want to turn it into a debate about power and politics. Hindu faith politicization communal religion not checked —
The anchor notes that the panelist is referring to the allegation involving the Akal Takht (that AAP is acting against the Akal Takht and its jathedars). Akal Takht allegation communal religion not checked —
The anchor asserts that AAP's 'shop' (political operation) is about to shut down in Punjab as well. AAP Punjab prospects governance economy not checked —
Addressing the AAP representative, the anchor relays the charge that the Aam Aadmi Party is about to be wiped out politically, and demands a response. AAP political decline governance economy not checked —
The anchor states he gave panelist Anurag Rana 40 seconds of speaking time, moderating the debate. debate moderation other not checked —
The anchor asserts (via a loaded question) that Akhilesh Yadav had the idea of changing the Constitution, and asks why. constitution change debate governance economy not checked —
The Bahujan Samaj Party was broken apart (its MLAs were split away, in the context of benefiting the Samajwadi Party). BSP party split opposition attack accurate 80.0%
Implies (via loaded question) that money changed hands and horse-trading occurred when BSP MLAs were split to save Mulayam Singh Yadav's government. MLA horse-trading opposition attack not checked —
Thirty BSP MLAs were broken away in order to save Mulayam Singh Yadav's government. BSP split 2003 opposition attack accurate 60.0%