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.
The Tripura Congress's abusive post against Hindus will become an issue in the UP election. UP election issue governance economy not checked —
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party have been in an alliance, so the SP will have to answer for the Congress's abusive post. SP alliance accountability governance economy not checked —
The Aam Aadmi Party alleges a Rs 600 crore scam in the one-and-a-half-year-old BJP government in Delhi. Delhi scam allegation governance economy not checked —
The Tripura Congress posted a highly controversial post against Hindus from its official handle containing abusive language, which has since been deleted, and BJP's Amit Malviya has tweeted about it. Tripura Congress post communal religion not checked —
Yogi Adityanath says that these opposition leaders (expressing concern over temples) are all 'Kalnemi' (demons in disguise). Yogi Kalnemi remark communal religion not checked —
The Samajwadi Party says the BJP is rattled because it foresees defeat in the 2027 UP elections. SP counterattack governance economy not checked —
When asked today, Congress leader Tariq Anwar said workers of every party glorify their leaders, and questioned why the BJP is pained if Rahul Gandhi was shown as Parshuram and Akhilesh Yadav as Krishna. Congress defends depictions communal religion not checked —
The BJP has just attacked Akhilesh Yadav, saying such acts are done to please his vote bank and that these same people had bullets fired at Ram devotees. vote bank appeasement communal religion not checked —
When Diwali was being celebrated in Ayodhya, Akhilesh Yadav said one should learn from Christmas, where lights stay on for months, questioning spending on lamps and candles. Diwali Christmas comparison communal religion not checked —
Akhilesh Yadav said that in Hinduism, if you place a stone anywhere and put up a red flag, a temple gets built under a peepal tree. Akhilesh temple remark communal religion not checked —
Rahul Gandhi allegedly described Hindus as more dangerous than Al-Qaeda and Lashkar, as published in Wikipedia. Hindus Al-Qaeda comparison communal religion not checked —
Rahul Gandhi stated that people who call themselves Hindus talk of violence and hatred 24 hours a day, and that he is fighting against the 'Shakti' in Hinduism. Rahul Hindu violence remark communal religion not checked —
A. Raja said Hinduism is a danger to the world and is like HIV and leprosy. Hinduism HIV remark communal religion not checked —
INDIA alliance leader Udhayanidhi Stalin said Sanatan Dharma divides people, is against equality, and should be completely eradicated. Sanatan eradication remark communal religion not checked —
The opposition's newfound display of Hindu devotion is a 'soft Hindutva' game driven by an electoral angle — they remembered Hindus only because elections have arrived. soft Hindutva politics communal religion not checked —
There is major political uproar over the theft of offerings at the Ayodhya Ram temple, and sadhus and saints have now also raised the demand for a Sanatan Board. Ayodhya offerings theft communal religion accurate 90.0%
The BJP has called these depictions an insult to Hindu faith and asks whether such a thing could be done with any other religion. faith insult charge communal religion accurate 82.0%
On Akhilesh Yadav's birthday today, Samajwadi Party workers depicted him as Lord Krishna, also holding a copy of the Constitution. Akhilesh as Krishna communal religion accurate 92.0%
A few days ago Congress workers depicted Rahul Gandhi as an avatar of Lord Parshuram, with an axe in one hand and a copy of the Constitution in the other. Rahul as Parshuram communal religion accurate 92.0%
Aar Paar is the most-watched prime time program. show viewership other unverifiable 60.0%
The anchor puts to the guest that this quality (of advancing one's religion from positions of power, which the guest praised in Muslims) does not exist among Hindus, asking if the guest believes so. Hindu-Muslim piety comparison communal religion not checked —
Mahant Yogi Adityanath has said that all these people are 'Kalnemi' (demonic impostors); the anchor asks the guest whether Adityanath is right. Kalnemi remark communal religion not checked —
The anchor characterizes Yadav's statement as a 'big attack' on the BJP government. Yadav's attack on BJP opposition attack not checked —
The anchor asserts that, in sum, an attempt is being made (by the opposition) to portray the delimitation exercise and the Women's Reservation Bill as anti-constitutional if they are passed. delimitation and women's reservation governance economy not checked —
The anchor relays Yadav's charge that since the BJP could not achieve its goal through votes, it is breaking away MPs from other parties. MP defections opposition attack not checked —