Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Anjana Om Kashyap

Aaj Tak Black and White Hindi
93.3% 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 93.3%

95% confidence interval 86–97%

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.
. 89 checked of 700 checkable · 789 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.
 89/700

Verdict mix

125 of 789 extracted claims checked

125 of 789 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
crime 28% communal religion 17% international 15% governance economy 13% healthcare 8% pakistan security 5% environment 4% infrastructure transport 3% other 3% science tech 2% opposition attack 1% agriculture rural 0% education 0% entertainment sports 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 258 claims →
Individuals 258 System & institutions 145 Government 34 Opposition 18 A minority community 3 Foreign actor 48 Media 8

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

54 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

664 claims · filtered from 789
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
A Pune trial court sentenced a 65-year-old man to death within just 60 days for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl. child rape-murder verdict crime not checked —
In Delhi, an alleged scam of ₹600 crore took place in the procurement of government medical equipment and medicines, and an FIR has now been registered. Delhi health scam healthcare not checked —
4 to 5 kilograms of gold was stolen from Kerala's Sabarimala temple, and the Kerala High Court today ordered a case to be registered against CPM and CPI leaders for complicity. Sabarimala gold theft communal religion not checked —
Asaduddin Owaisi's party gave ₹55 lakh in financial help to fight the Babri Masjid legal case. Owaisi Babri funding communal religion not checked —
Champat Rai had known about the theft of temple offerings for several months but never himself filed a police complaint. offering theft complaint communal religion not checked —
Ram Mandir Trust members, unlike governments elected for 5-year terms, were appointed for indefinite terms with no fixed tenure. trust tenure rules communal religion not checked —
The anchor opines that Indian society and the system appear to have accepted dishonesty, such as routine GST evasion via buses, as normal. normalized dishonesty governance economy not checked —
The anchor opines that India's system treats a peon taking leftover biscuits as a graver crime than big players who loot banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad. unequal justice governance economy not checked —
In Bokaro, Jharkhand, contract peon Ranjit Kumar Himanshu — employed since 2005 on a ₹9,950 salary — was dismissed in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings, and the Jharkhand High Court has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages. peon dismissal case governance economy not checked —
According to the National Family Health Survey 2019–21, 24% of Indian women and 23% of Indian men are obese — roughly one in four people. obesity statistics healthcare not checked —
Surat police busted a Gurugram call centre where 150 women and 20 men posed as fake health experts and doctors, using a weight-loss script to defraud people — mostly women — of about ₹80 crore, operating as Cureus Science and Wellness Private Limited. fake call centre scam crime not checked —
New Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth, after receiving his guard of honour, saluted and touched the feet of his father, retired Lieutenant General K M Seth, who retired in 1997 as Adjutant General; his younger brother Rear Admiral Ravneesh Seth also saluted him. army chief ceremony other not checked —
Tourist footfall at Lohagad fort has surged since the Ketan Agarwal murder, with visitors asking staff to see the spot — now dubbed 'Siya Point' on social media — from where Siya Goyal pushed her fiancé into a 400-foot gorge; normal monsoon weekends drew about 10,000 visitors. Lohagad murder tourism crime not checked —
Cigarette and tobacco products attract the highest 40% tax, and in September 2025 Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate and Anand Vihar smuggle goods to evade GST. GST evasion via buses governance economy not checked —
Eight people were burnt alive when a Haridwar-to-Indore sleeper bus caught fire on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway after colliding with a truck; the anchor asserts the real cause was dishonesty, because cigarette cartons stashed to evade GST fuelled the blaze. bus fire GST smuggling crime not checked —
Anil Mishra was a witness in every land deal in which the temple trust purchased land at inflated prices, and per the SIT his personal assets have grown rapidly in recent years. temple land deals communal religion not checked —
When the State Bank of India demanded replacement of the donation-counting staff, Anil Mishra opposed it most strongly and got the replacement process halted. blocked staff replacement communal religion not checked —
Anil Mishra got the largest number of temple trust hires — 125 people, mostly his relatives and acquaintances — which is double the number hired on the recommendations of Champat Rai and Gopal Rao. temple trust nepotism communal religion not checked —
According to sources, police and the SIT most strongly suspect trust member Anil Mishra, and all eight arrested accused have allegedly named him in the theft. Anil Mishra suspicion communal religion not checked —
The channel's reporter Samad Srivastava recorded footage at a yoga centre in Kaushalpuri — where accused Avinash Shukla lived with his brother — showing a donation chest labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' fitted with a Paytm QR code that led to a donation option. suspect QR donation box communal religion not checked —
The recovery details are now officially recorded in police documents, which the anchor asserts proves the theft of Ram Mandir donations took place. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
From the seventh accused, Ramashankar Mishra, police recovered ₹7,32,170 in cash, two white-metal coins and a 24.72-gram toe-ring (bichhua). Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
Accused Ramashankar 'Tinnu' Yadav was Champat Rai's driver and was given a job at the Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
The alleged theft method was to insert extra ₹500 notes into bundles of 100 notes during counting — since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles, not their exact value — and later steal the extra notes. donation theft method communal religion not checked —
The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra — also a relative of Anil Mishra and brother-in-law of Anukalp Mishra — had ₹14,25,000 recovered from him, including 2,850 notes of ₹500. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —