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.
The trust's MOU with State Bank of India mandated joint presence of trust and bank officials for opening donation boxes, a dress code for counting staff, and monthly rotation of bank officials, but none of these conditions were followed. donation counting rules communal religion not checked —
Wireless department officer Arjun Dev had been monitoring CCTV cameras at the Ram Mandir since 2009, going 17 years without a transfer, with multiple transfer orders repeatedly withdrawn, allegedly at Champat Rai's intervention. CCTV officer transfers communal religion not checked —
On 5 June, police recovered ₹5 lakh cash from the home of offerings-counter Avinash Shukla, yet Champat Rai filed no FIR, and three days later on 8 June he told the media that no theft of offerings had happened. theft cover-up communal religion not checked —
Between 27 April and 5 June, theft was captured 70 times on three CCTV cameras, yet Champat Rai continued to deny any theft had occurred. CCTV theft evidence communal religion not checked —
In November 2022, before his death, Ram Mandir chief priest Mahant Satyendra Das publicly questioned Champat Rai's working style, naming Tinnu Yadav, Gopal Rao, Anil Mishra and Champat Rai and asking who the 'owner' of the temple was. priest's criticism communal religion not checked —
According to the temple trust, ₹152 crore was spent on temple complex construction between 1 April 2025 and 28 February 2026, including ₹87 crore just on the boundary wall, and ₹4 crore on guest house maintenance in 11 months. trust expenditure communal religion not checked —
400 private security personnel worked in the temple's security on monthly salaries of ₹19,000–24,000, and most of them were relatives and acquaintances of Champat Rai's close associates, hired on his recommendation. temple security nepotism communal religion not checked —
On 19 February 2020, Champat Rai was given the responsibility of general secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust. trust appointment communal religion not checked —
Champat Rai was born in 1946 in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, worked as a college professor, and was jailed during the 1975 Emergency due to his RSS association. Champat Rai profile communal religion not checked —
In the Sarla Bhatt murder case in Kashmir, it took 36 years just for the chargesheet to be filed. Sarla Bhatt case delay crime not checked —
A Pune trial court sentenced a 65-year-old man to death within just 60 days for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl. child rape-murder verdict crime not checked —
In Delhi, an alleged scam of ₹600 crore took place in the procurement of government medical equipment and medicines, and an FIR has now been registered. Delhi health scam healthcare not checked —
4 to 5 kilograms of gold was stolen from Kerala's Sabarimala temple, and the Kerala High Court today ordered a case to be registered against CPM and CPI leaders for complicity. Sabarimala gold theft communal religion not checked —
Asaduddin Owaisi's party gave ₹55 lakh in financial help to fight the Babri Masjid legal case. Owaisi Babri funding communal religion not checked —
Champat Rai had known about the theft of temple offerings for several months but never himself filed a police complaint. offering theft complaint communal religion not checked —
Ram Mandir Trust members, unlike governments elected for 5-year terms, were appointed for indefinite terms with no fixed tenure. trust tenure rules communal religion not checked —
The anchor opines that Indian society and the system appear to have accepted dishonesty, such as routine GST evasion via buses, as normal. normalized dishonesty governance economy not checked —
The anchor opines that India's system treats a peon taking leftover biscuits as a graver crime than big players who loot banks of thousands of crores and flee abroad. unequal justice governance economy not checked —
In Bokaro, Jharkhand, contract peon 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, and the Jharkhand High Court has now quashed the dismissal, ordering reinstatement with 50% back wages. peon dismissal case governance economy not checked —
According to the National Family Health Survey 2019–21, 24% of Indian women and 23% of Indian men are obese — roughly one in four people. obesity statistics healthcare not checked —
Surat police busted a Gurugram call centre where 150 women and 20 men posed as fake health experts and doctors, using a weight-loss script to defraud people — mostly women — of about ₹80 crore, operating as Cureus Science and Wellness Private Limited. fake call centre 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 younger brother Rear Admiral Ravneesh Seth also saluted him. army chief ceremony other not checked —
Tourist footfall at Lohagad fort has surged since the Ketan Agarwal murder, with visitors asking staff to see the spot — now dubbed 'Siya Point' on social media — from where Siya Goyal pushed her fiancé into a 400-foot gorge; normal monsoon weekends drew about 10,000 visitors. Lohagad murder tourism crime not checked —
Cigarette and tobacco products attract the highest 40% tax, and in September 2025 Delhi enforcement teams themselves reported that buses leaving Majnu ka Tila, Akshardham, Kashmiri Gate and Anand Vihar smuggle goods to evade GST. GST evasion via buses governance economy not checked —
Eight people were burnt alive when a Haridwar-to-Indore sleeper bus caught fire on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway after colliding with a truck; the anchor asserts the real cause was dishonesty, because cigarette cartons stashed to evade GST fuelled the blaze. bus fire GST smuggling crime not checked —