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

789 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Per the 2011 census Muslims were about 14.2% of India's population; today estimated at 20-22 crore, of whom 85% are Sunni and only 10-15% Shia, meaning India has only 2-3 crore Shia Muslims. Shia population statistics communal religion not checked —
Police say the accused travelled to Iran and Iraq multiple times between 2019 and 2025, raising suspicion of a terror plot or foreign network, which is under investigation. foreign terror link communal religion not checked —
Social media claims that a Hindu man named Premji plotted to kill Muslims at the Muharram procession are completely false; the accused's full name is Faiyaz Nisar Premji. misinformation fact-check communal religion not checked —
According to police, the arrested man possessed 30,000 capsules and 50 kg of zinc phosphide (rat poison), and had already filled 14,900 capsules with the poison. Muharram poison plot communal religion not checked —
Mumbai/Pune police arrested a man who bought 50 kg of rat poison and 300 empty capsules, allegedly to distribute poison-filled capsules to Shia Muslims in a Muharram procession to kill thousands at once. Muharram poison plot communal religion not checked —
Multiple sources, both police and family members, are now clearly saying the murder was not only because of the wig — Siya simply did not like Ketan, and that was an additional reason. murder motive crime not checked —
A major cause of depression in the current generation is anxiety over their appearance — how they look, their complexion, and their hair. appearance anxiety depression healthcare not checked —
A study (attributed by the anchor to 'TRAI') says that more than 50% of people in India begin experiencing hair loss before the age of 25. hair loss prevalence healthcare not checked —
Research from the National Library of Medicine found that hair loss is rising rapidly among young Indian men, and the problem is greater among Gen Z youth. youth hair loss healthcare not checked —
After this news broke, 'hair wig' and 'hair transplant' became top searches on Google Trends in India, with search interest reaching 100 on Google on 23 June, the day the news came out. Google search trends science tech not checked —
India's hair wigs and extensions market has grown to ₹3,172 crore, while the hair transplant market has reached ₹2,909 crore and will grow to ₹16,492 crore by 2034. hair wig market governance economy not checked —
According to a report published in ScienceDirect, most young Indians now choose partners based on height, hair, and professional status, and men who are short or wear wigs have a higher average age of marriage and struggle to find matches. appearance-based partner choice other not checked —
In 2021 in Meerut, a woman sought divorce from her husband because he had thinning hair. divorce over baldness other not checked —
This year in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, 25-year-old Priyanka Purohit had her husband Devkaran Purohit killed because his complexion was somewhat dark. Dhar husband murder crime not checked —
26-year-old Ketan Agrawal had studied in America and was a director in his family's real-estate company. victim profile crime not checked —
During questioning, Siya Goyal's brother Sahil Goyal said that Ketan Agrawal wore a wig and that his sister Siya disliked this, though he does not believe this alone was the reason she killed Ketan. wig motive theory crime not checked —
After this incident, large numbers of people on social media are saying they will not marry now, or will look out for their own safety when going out with a partner. public reaction other not checked —
Relationships that look like love from the outside are often internally weak or based on selfishness. modern relationships other not checked —
Police revealed today that on 18 June, when Siya and Chetan pushed Ketan into the ravine at Lohagad fort, Siya herself gestured to Ketan to sit down near the edge before he was pushed. Siya's role evidence crime not checked —
When two people are implicated in the same case with no eyewitness, each blames the other to reduce their sentence or save themselves; this becomes a kind of legal-psychological strategy aimed at securing bail and denying their role in court. mutual blame strategy crime not checked —
In all cases over the past two years where men were murdered by their fiancées or wives (with lovers or friends as accomplices), the accused began blaming each other after arrest. spousal murder pattern crime not checked —
In the Muskan Rastogi–Saurabh Rajput case in Meerut, after the murder Muskan Rastogi held her boyfriend fully responsible, while her boyfriend Sahil claimed he had no role in the killing. Meerut Saurabh murder crime not checked —
In the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case in Indore, the same thing happened: after the crime, Sonam Raghuvanshi and her boyfriend began blaming each other for the murder. Raja Raghuvanshi case crime not checked —
The two main accused, Siya and Chetan, are now blaming each other for the murder — Siya says Chetan did it and Chetan says Siya did it. accused mutual blame crime not checked —
20-year-old Siya Goyal, together with her 22-year-old boyfriend Chetan Chaudhary, murdered her fiancé Ketan Agrawal in Pune. Pune fiancé murder crime not checked —