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.
Akhilesh Yadav stated that in Hinduism you can place a stone anywhere, put up a red flag, and a temple springs up under a peepal tree. Akhilesh temple remark communal religion not checked —
Rahul Gandhi stated that people who call themselves Hindus talk about violence and hatred 24 hours a day. Rahul Hindu remark communal religion not checked —
A. Raja said that Hinduism is a threat to the world and is like HIV and leprosy. A Raja Hinduism remark communal religion not checked —
INDIA alliance leader Udhayanidhi Stalin said that Sanatan Dharma divides people, is against equality, and should be completely eradicated. Udhayanidhi Sanatan remark communal religion not checked —
The opposition's newfound display of Hindu devotion ('soft Hindutva') is an electoral ploy — elections have arrived, and that is why they have remembered Hindus. soft Hindutva ploy communal religion not checked —
Amid the political uproar over the theft of offerings at the Ayodhya Ram temple, sadhus and saints have now raised a demand for a Sanatan Board. Sanatan Board demand communal religion not checked —
The BJP has declared these depictions an insult to Hindu faith, asking whether such a thing could be done with any other religion. BJP insult charge communal religion not checked —
On Akhilesh Yadav's birthday today, Samajwadi Party workers in Kashi depicted him as Lord Krishna holding a copy of the Constitution. Akhilesh Krishna depiction communal religion not checked —
A few days ago Congress workers depicted Rahul Gandhi as an avatar of Lord Parshuram, with an axe (farsa) in one hand and a copy of the Constitution in the other. Rahul Parshuram depiction communal religion accurate 92.0%
Aar Paar is the most-watched prime time program. show promotion other unverifiable 70.0%
The central government will examine WhatsApp's new username feature and may send a notice to Meta if needed, as the feature could increase fraud. WhatsApp username feature science tech accurate 90.0%
In the Ram Mandir offerings theft case, details of money recovered from the accused have emerged: 20 lakh rupees in cash recovered from Avinash Shukla and 15 lakh from Karunesh Pandey. theft cash recovery crime inaccurate 85.0%
The SIT investigating the Ram Mandir donation theft case has been given 15 more days, and the scope of the investigation will expand. Ram Mandir theft probe crime accurate 95.0%
The anchor frames the debate as a question: is the Constitution actually in danger, or is the opposition's 'Constitution in danger' narrative merely a political shop (self-serving tactic)? Constitution in danger narrative opposition attack not checked —
The anchor asserts he was, is and will remain a devotee of Ram, that whoever committed the theft of temple offerings should get the harshest punishment, that he has said this across five programmes, and that the episode is an embarrassment that raises questions for the BJP government as well. temple donation theft communal religion not checked —
AAP spokesperson Anurag Dhanda said in this debate that the Akal Takht is lying. Akal Takht remark communal religion not checked —
Arvind Kejriwal himself publicly said that Bhagwant Mann promised him he would not drink alcohol, and Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa said on the floor of the Punjab assembly that all MLAs including the CM should undergo an alcohol test. Mann alcohol allegations governance economy not checked —
Arvind Kejriwal used to cite his grandmother saying his Ram would never go to a temple built by demolishing a mosque, and the Aam Aadmi Party officially opposed the Ram temple. AAP Ram temple stance communal religion not checked —
In the cash-for-votes episode, bags full of currency notes were brought into Parliament in the Advani era, a so-called journalist stopped the sting operation, Amar Singh went to jail for it, and Amar Singh told the anchor in an interview that he did everything to save the Congress government and was rewarded with jail. cash-for-votes scandal governance economy not checked —
Rahul Gandhi is currently not in India, and according to information received, Tejashwi Yadav has gone to Europe. opposition leaders abroad governance economy not checked —
Amit Shah did go to the Ram temple for darshan of Lord Ram in 2021. Amit Shah temple visit communal religion not checked —
The opposition tries to build narratives without fact-checking, which is why those narratives fail. opposition fact-checking governance economy not checked —
Under Congress rule the Constitution was amended a total of 62 times — 17 times under Nehru, 28 times under Indira Gandhi, 10 times under Rajiv Gandhi, and about 7 times under the Manmohan Singh–Sonia Gandhi government — and Congress has changed the Constitution the most. constitutional amendments history governance economy not checked —
Every opposition narrative — that the Modi government would end reservation, that a major economic crisis was coming, that EVMs and the electoral process are rigged, that SIR was fraudulent, that foreign policy has failed — has failed and been demolished. failed opposition narratives governance economy not checked —
Yesterday SP workers depicted Akhilesh Yadav in the guise of Lord Krishna, and even then he held copies of the Constitution in both hands. Akhilesh Krishna imagery governance economy not checked —