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.
The third accused, Anukalp Mishra, a relative of temple trust member Anil Mishra who was present in the counting room, had approximately ₹16,82,040 in cash recovered, including 2,853 notes of ₹500 denomination. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
The second accused, Karunesh Pandey, who counted the donation cash, had cash recovered from him by police including 500-rupee and 200-rupee notes and coins. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
Police recovered the largest haul from accused Avinash Shukla, who logged the donations register: cash, 10,121 US dollars, 169.54 grams of silver-like metal, an 8.14-gram chain and a 3.44-gram gold ring. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
For the first time, police have disclosed exactly how much stolen money was recovered from each of the arrested accused in the Ram Mandir donation theft case. Ram Mandir donation theft communal religion not checked —
A contract peon in Bokaro, Jharkhand, earning ₹9,950 a month since 2005, was sacked in 2022 for taking leftover biscuits and tea leaves after officials' meetings; the Jharkhand High Court division bench has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages. wrongful peon dismissal governance economy not checked —
Surat police busted a Gurugram call centre run as 'Cureus Science and Wellness Pvt Ltd', detaining 150 women and 20 men who posed as fake doctors and health experts and had extorted about ₹80 crore through bogus weight-loss treatments. fake doctor 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 brother Rear Admiral Ravneesh Seth also saluted him. Army chief tradition other not checked —
In a Noida case reported today, a husband attempted to kill his wife on their honeymoon by pushing her into a gorge; they had married on April 30 and the attempt occurred on May 4 — cited to argue crimes are not committed by one gender alone. honeymoon murder attempt crime not checked —
Dentist Dr. Muskan Soni was suspended for five years from her post as treasurer of the All India Dental Students and Surgeons Association for making objectionable Instagram remarks suggesting Ketan Agrawal deserved to die. objectionable social remarks crime not checked —
According to police, Ketan Agrawal had repeatedly told his family he suspected Siya Goyal was in a relationship with someone else, noting her phone was always busy and her frequent mentions of Chetan Chaudhary, but the family dismissed his doubts. Ketan murder case crime not checked —
The viral video being shared as new footage of crowds at Lohagad fort is actually from 2023 and is being circulated with false claims, even though footfall has genuinely risen. viral video misinformation crime not checked —
Tourist footfall at Lohagad fort has surged since Siya Goyal pushed her fiancé Ketan Agrawal into a 400-foot gorge there, with visitors seeking out the so-called 'Siya point'. Lohagad murder tourism crime not checked —
Per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 18.14 crore traffic challans worth ₹12,631 crore were issued between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, yet 21.83 lakh road accidents still occurred in that period. traffic enforcement failure infrastructure transport not checked —
Drunk-driving road accidents in India killed 3,204 people and injured 846 in a year — meaning roughly eight people die every day because a driver was drunk. drunk driving deaths infrastructure transport not checked —
The burnt bus was registered under Indore's Hans Travels but its registration and fitness certificate were issued in a remote part of Arunachal Pradesh — an alleged scheme to obtain All India permits for unfit buses without inspection. bus permit loophole infrastructure transport not checked —
The bus's storage boxes were packed with cartons of cigarettes being smuggled from Haridwar to Indore to evade GST, and these fuelled the deadly fire. cigarette smuggling crime not checked —
A sleeper bus from Haridwar to Indore caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway after hitting a truck, burning eight people alive; the anchor argues dishonesty, not mere accident, killed them. sleeper bus fire infrastructure transport not checked —
Champat Rai has already been questioned by police, and a notice has now been issued to Anil Mishra summoning him for questioning. trust officials questioned crime not checked —
Anil Mishra was a witness in all the land deals in which the temple trust bought land at inflated prices, and per the SIT his assets grew rapidly in recent years. land deal irregularities crime not checked —
Anil Mishra recruited 125 people — the most of any trust official — into temple jobs, roughly double the combined hires recommended by Champat Rai and Gopal Rao, and he blocked SBI's move to replace the offering-counting staff. nepotistic temple hiring crime not checked —
According to sources, police and the SIT suspect trust member Anil Mishra the most; two of the eight arrested accused are his relatives, and all eight allegedly named him. Anil Mishra suspicion crime not checked —
Champat Rai knew of the theft from May 26, and on June 5 ₹5 lakh cash was recovered from Avinash Shukla's premises — raising the question whether the trust tried to pass off a large theft as a minor one. trust cover-up question crime not checked —
The channel's own team found, at the Kaushalpuri yoga centre where accused Avinash Shukla lived, a locked chest labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' bearing a Paytm QR code that resolves to a 'Ram Rajya Kosh' donation account. parallel donation racket crime not checked —
The anchor asserts that with today's recoveries the theft of Ram Mandir offerings stands proven with evidence, calling it a day no Ram devotee will forget. theft proven claim crime not checked —
Accused Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav was Champat Rai's driver and was given a Ram Mandir job by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya. Champat Rai patronage crime not checked —