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.
150 CCTV cameras have been installed on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, but they are being used only for issuing challans rather than preventing road accidents. CCTV enforcement use infrastructure transport not checked —
Recently on the Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, a car that was reversing was hit hard by a vehicle coming from behind, killing four people. Dehradun expressway crash infrastructure transport not checked —
Between 2019 and 2023 there were 21.83 lakh (2.183 million) road accidents in India, despite the rise in challan collections. challans vs road safety infrastructure transport not checked —
According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, 18.14 crore (181.4 million) traffic challans were issued, bringing ₹12,631 crore in fines to the government treasury. traffic challan revenue infrastructure transport not checked —
A day earlier, in an accident on the Agra–Lucknow Expressway in Unnao, five people travelling in a car died; in that crash too the driver had dozed off. Unnao expressway crash infrastructure transport not checked —
This week a double-decker bus travelling from Lucknow to Noida crashed on the Yamuna Expressway, killing four people. Yamuna Expressway crash infrastructure transport not checked —
On the Yamuna Expressway (Delhi–Agra), 44% of road accidents between 2012 and 2023 were caused by drivers dozing off. driver fatigue accidents infrastructure transport not checked —
In one recent year (2024, as stated), road accidents caused by drunk driving in India killed a total of 3,204 people and injured 846 — meaning around eight people die every day in India because someone is driving drunk. drunk driving deaths infrastructure transport not checked —
Another major allegation in this incident is that the driver was addicted to alcohol, which is why he dozed off at the wheel. drunk driver allegation infrastructure transport not checked —
People are able to commit dishonesty because our system lets them do it. systemic corruption governance economy not checked —
It is alleged that dilapidated buses are registered in faraway states through agents to obtain All India permits, without the buses ever being sent there for fitness inspection. fitness certificate scam crime not checked —
The bus is registered in the name of Indore's well-known Hans Travels company, but its registration was done in a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh, and its fitness certificate was also issued in Arunachal Pradesh. bus registration fraud crime not checked —
The local administration has formed an eight-member team to investigate the incident (the anchor questions whether such an inquiry serves any purpose). accident inquiry committee infrastructure transport not checked —
While the sleeper bus was burning, several passengers tried to escape through the emergency door. bus fire escape infrastructure transport not checked —
In September 2025, Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving from Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate, and Anand Vihar for other states secretly carry goods on which GST is evaded. Delhi bus smuggling crime not checked —
Tax evasion is more common with cigarette and tobacco products because they attract the highest tax rate of 40%. tobacco tax rates governance economy not checked —
The bus operator was illegally transporting cigarettes — a flammable material — in the bus when this tragic accident happened. illegal flammable cargo crime not checked —
Every day thousands of buses run on India's roads secretly transporting goods to evade GST. GST evasion via buses crime not checked —
The cigarette cartons were being carried on the bus in order to evade tax (GST). cigarette tax evasion crime not checked —
Several cartons full of cigarette packets were stored in the bus's storage box, and when the flames reached these cigarette packets the fire became ferocious. illegal cigarette cargo crime not checked —
The full truth is that dishonesty (corruption) is what burned these eight people to death — a dishonesty that has become like termites in society. systemic corruption governance economy not checked —
On the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, a sleeper bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore caught fire after colliding with a truck, and eight people were burned alive. expressway bus fire infrastructure transport not checked —
This case is proof of the system's double standard: it swoops down on small people like a hawk but becomes meek before big offenders. systemic double standard governance economy not checked —
Ranjit Himanshu will get his job back. peon reinstatement governance economy not checked —
Senior officials swallow crores of rupees in the name of 'chai-pani' (bribes) under the table, and the system keeps its eyes closed to it. official corruption bribes governance economy not checked —