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.
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 —
The court also said that since a mistake had occurred he would not get a full clean chit, but that dismissing him from his job was outright injustice. High Court verdict governance economy not checked —
The court quashed peon Ranjit Himanshu's dismissal and ordered his reinstatement along with payment of 50% of his back wages. High Court verdict governance economy not checked —
The case reached the courts, and a division bench of the Jharkhand High Court rebuked the administration, saying the punishment was excessively harsh and entirely wrong. High Court verdict governance economy not checked —
His salary was Rs 9,950, and he worked on that salary for 17 years. low government wages governance economy not checked —
Two months after the show-cause notice, he was dismissed from his job over the alleged theft of a few biscuits. peon dismissal biscuits governance economy not checked —
A show-cause notice was issued to him in March 2022, which described the offence as 'private use of government material' rather than naming the tea leaves and biscuits. show-cause notice governance economy not checked —
He was accused of private use of government property, which consisted of a few leftover biscuits and a small amount of tea leaves from an officials' meeting. peon dismissal biscuits governance economy not checked —
Ranjit Kumar Himanshu had been working as a contract peon at the District Rural Development Agency in Bokaro, Jharkhand, since 2005. peon dismissal biscuits governance economy not checked —
In Jharkhand, a peon lost his 17-year-old job because he picked up some leftover biscuits after an officials' meeting. peon dismissal biscuits governance economy not checked —
People who defraud banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad face cases that drag on for years because the system does not treat elite financial crimes as serious offences. bank fraud impunity governance economy not checked —
A contract peon in Bokaro, Jharkhand — 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; the Jharkhand High Court division bench quashed the dismissal and ordered his reinstatement with 50% back pay. peon dismissal case governance economy not checked —
Surat police busted a Gurugram call center where 150 women and 20 men posed as fake health experts and doctors, extorting roughly ₹80 crore from people through a bogus weight-loss company (Curus Science and Wellness Pvt Ltd). fake call center scam crime not checked —
Dr. Muskan Soni, treasurer of the All India Dental Students and Surgeons Association, was suspended for five years with immediate effect for making objectionable remarks about murder victim Ketan Agarwal on Instagram. objectionable social media remarks crime not checked —
The viral video claiming to show sudden new crowds at Lohagad fort is misinformation — the crowd footage is actually from 2023. viral video fact-check other not checked —
Tourist traffic at Lohagad fort — normally 10,000 on monsoon weekends and 800–1,000 on ordinary days — has surged after the Ketan murder, with visitors now coming specifically to see the 'Siya point' where Siya Goyal pushed her fiancé Ketan Agarwal into a 400-foot gorge. Ketan murder dark tourism crime not checked —