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

163 claims · filtered from 270
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
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 —
Sarcastic assertion that entire parties were broken apart, supposedly in the name of saving the Constitution. party defections governance economy not checked —
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 —
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 —
Implies (via loaded question) that Akhilesh Yadav paid money to acquire the BSP MLAs who joined the Samajwadi Party. MLA horse-trading opposition attack not checked —
However attractive a drain may look, it remains a drain — and Pakistan is that dirty drain. Pakistan characterization pakistan security not checked —
If Pakistan — an enemy of religion, humanity, and goodwill — dares any misadventure, it will now only be met with bullets. retaliation warning pakistan security not checked —
The letter-writers are using this serious issue (India-Pakistan relations) for political gain. politicization of diplomacy opposition attack not checked —
Every signatory of the letter is a staunch opponent of the Modi government. letter signatories opposition attack not checked —
The 61 letter-writers are also advocating talks on Kashmir, demanding that dialogue be resumed on the basis of the 2004–2007 India-Pakistan talks. Kashmir dialogue demand pakistan security not checked —
In the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan-backed terrorists asked people their religion in the Baisaran valley and shot them dead. Pahalgam terror attack pakistan security not checked —
The conditions of Hindus, Parsis, Jains, and Buddhists in Pakistan are also not much better than those of Sikhs. minority persecution pakistan security not checked —
The Sikh population in Pakistan has fallen from 2 million in 1947 to just 16,000 now — a 99% decline. Sikh population decline pakistan security not checked —
In 2019, the centuries-old Guru Nanak Palace in Narowal, Pakistan, was vandalized. Guru Nanak Palace vandalism pakistan security not checked —
In 2020, the historic Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan — the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev — was attacked. Nankana Sahib attack pakistan security not checked —
For me, every issue, every truth, every question connected to the country is a fight. anchor self-positioning other not checked —