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.
Sarla Bhat was a nurse at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar and was kidnapped from outside the hospital on April 18, 1990 while going to duty. Sarla Bhat kidnapping pakistan security not checked —
In the kidnapping and murder case of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, a chargesheet was presented in court 36 years after the crime. Sarla Bhat chargesheet pakistan security not checked —
If courts want, there need be no delay in justice. judicial delays governance economy not checked —
On June 29, the convict Bhimrao was sentenced to death. Pune child rape-murder crime not checked —
There were 18 injury marks on the child's body. Pune child rape-murder crime not checked —
The crime took place on May 1, when the victim girl had come with her family to her maternal grandmother's house for holidays. Pune child rape-murder crime not checked —
A special fast-track POCSO court completed the trial within 60 days, awarded the death penalty, and declared the crime 'rarest of the rare'. fast-track POCSO trial crime not checked —
The crime — the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Pune — was committed by a 65-year-old man. Pune child rape-murder crime not checked —
A Pune court sentenced a man convicted of rape and murder to death within just 60 days. Pune child rape-murder crime not checked —
There are 4 crore 98 lakh (49.8 million) cases pending in various courts across India. judicial case backlog governance economy not checked —
Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhatt was kidnapped on 18 April 1990 and murdered by terrorists; 36 years later, the J&K State Investigation Agency has filed a 737-page chargesheet naming five accused including then-JKLF commander Yasin Malik. Kashmiri Pandit murder chargesheet pakistan security not checked —
A Pune fast-track POCSO court sentenced a 65-year-old man to death on 29 June, within 60 days, for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl, while 4.98 crore cases remain pending in Indian courts. POCSO fast-track verdict crime not checked —
WhatsApp's new username feature will not change core rules — a mobile number remains mandatory for every account, there will be no public username directory, and an optional four-digit username key can restrict who contacts you. WhatsApp username feature science tech not checked —
During a two-day anti-encroachment bulldozer drive in Rajkot, Gujarat on 23–24 February, officials spent ₹27 lakh on tea and snacks. bulldozer drive expenses governance economy not checked —
In a Delhi health procurement scam, the Anti-Corruption Branch arrested DGHS director general Dr. Vatsala Agrawal and deputy controller of accounts Neeraj Chopra; portable X-ray machines worth ₹1 lakh were bought for ₹33 lakh each, with ₹148 crore spent on 448 machines that should have cost ₹45 crore. health procurement scam healthcare not checked —
What happened at Ram Mandir is a matter of national dishonesty, and stopping it requires fundamental change in how temples are governed and structured. temple governance reform communal religion not checked —
The Kerala High Court today ordered FIRs to be registered against CPM and CPI leaders in the Sabarimala gold theft case, including a former temple board president and board member. Sabarimala FIR order communal religion not checked —
In 1998-99 industrialist Vijay Mallya donated 30.291 kg of gold to Sabarimala temple, and investigations have now found roughly 4–5 kg of that gold missing after it was allegedly stolen during 2019 re-plating in Chennai. Sabarimala gold theft communal religion not checked —
Claims that devotee numbers at Ram Mandir have fallen after the theft are completely false; per trust sources, daily offerings have risen from ₹10–12 lakh earlier to ₹20–24 lakh now. devotee numbers communal religion not checked —
In the 2021 land dispute, the temple trust was accused of buying land worth ₹2 crore from Ravi Mohan Tiwari and Sultan Ansari for ₹18 crore, and Tiwari is related by marriage to former Ayodhya mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay. land purchase scandal communal religion not checked —
At the trust executive committee meeting on 6 July, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra will be called to present their side, and a final decision will be taken on their resignations. trust meeting on resignations communal religion not checked —
The temple's MoU with State Bank of India for counting offerings — requiring joint presence of trust and bank officials, a dress code, and monthly rotation of bank staff — was not being followed on any condition. SBI MoU violations communal religion not checked —
Wireless department officer Arjun Dev had monitored the Ram Mandir CCTV cameras since 2009 — 17 years without transfer — and multiple transfer orders for him were repeatedly withdrawn, allegedly because Champat Rai blocked them. blocked officer transfers communal religion not checked —
On 5 June police recovered ₹5 lakh in cash from the house of offerings-counter Avinash Shukla, yet Champat Rai filed no FIR, and three days later on 8 June he told the media no theft of offerings had happened. FIR not filed communal religion not checked —
Even after theft was caught 70 times on three CCTV cameras between 27 April and 5 June, Champat Rai kept denying that any theft had occurred. theft denial communal religion not checked —