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.
When the State Bank of India demanded replacement of the donation-counting staff, Anil Mishra opposed it most strongly and got the replacement process halted. blocked staff replacement crime not checked —
Of the people hired by the temple trust, Anil Mishra recruited the most — 125 people who were his relatives or acquaintances — while the number hired on Champat Rai and Gopal Rao's recommendations was half that. trust hiring nepotism crime not checked —
It is alleged that all eight arrested accused named Anil Mishra in connection with the theft. Anil Mishra suspicion crime not checked —
According to sources, police suspicion falls most heavily on trust member Anil Mishra: two of the eight arrested accused are his relatives, and he personally arranged Anukalp Mishra's job. Anil Mishra suspicion crime not checked —
Champat Rai knew about the theft since May 26, and ₹5 lakh was recovered from Avinash Shukla's premises on June 5 — raising the question whether the temple trust tried to hush up the larger theft as a minor case with local police help. temple trust cover-up crime not checked —
Accused Ramshankar 'Tinnu' Yadav was Champat Rai's driver who was given a job at Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh cash was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya. Ram Mandir donation theft crime not checked —
The anchor suggests the temple trust may have tried to hush up the theft as a minor matter with the help of local police, saying the role of senior trust officials is now considered suspect. trust cover-up suspicion crime not checked —
Champat Rai knew about the theft from 26 May, and on 5 June ₹5 lakh in cash was recovered from accused Avinash Shukla's premises. Champat Rai's prior knowledge crime not checked —
The channel's team found, at the Kaushalpuri yoga centre where accused Avinash Shukla lived with his brother Abhishek, a locked trunk labelled 'Ram Rajya Kosh' bearing a Paytm QR code that resolves to a 'Ram Rajya Kosh' donation account. Ram Rajya Kosh QR trunk crime not checked —
The anchor asserts that the theft of Ram Mandir offerings now stands proven with evidence, and calls it a day no Ram devotee will forget. temple theft proven crime not checked —
The full list of money recovered from the accused's homes is now officially recorded in police documents, no longer sourced anonymously. official police documentation crime not checked —
Earlier reports mentioned only about ₹5 lakh recovered, then recently about ₹80 lakh, and now police have released the full accused-wise breakup of recoveries. recovery disclosure timeline crime not checked —
The seventh accused, Ramashankar Mishra, had ₹7,32,170 in cash, two white-metal coins, and a toe-ring ornament weighing 24.72 grams recovered from him. cash recovery from accused crime not checked —
The sixth accused, Ram Shankar Yadav alias Tinnu Yadav, was Champat Rai's driver and was given a job at the Ram Mandir by Champat Rai; ₹1 lakh in cash including 180 notes of ₹500 was recovered from his hostel near Ganga Hospital in Ayodhya. Champat Rai's driver arrest crime not checked —
The fifth accused, Manish Kumar Yadav, who was present daily at the counting, had cash recovered including 270 notes of ₹500, 105 notes of ₹200, and 400 notes of ₹100. cash recovery from accused crime not checked —
The alleged theft method was that during counting, ₹500 notes were separated into bundles of 100 notes, extra notes were slipped into the bundles, and since vouchers only recorded the number of bundles rather than their value, the extra notes were later stolen. theft modus operandi crime not checked —
The fourth accused, Lavkush Mishra, also a relative of Anil Mishra and brother-in-law of Anukalp Mishra, had ₹14,25,000 recovered from him, including 2,850 notes of ₹500. trust relative's recovery crime not checked —
These drinks are now part of every household, and neither the children drinking them nor their parents know that 'energy drinks' do not officially exist as a category in India. consumer awareness healthcare not checked —
The fact that FSSAI took so many years to act shows that India's food monitoring system is weak, which is why this market has spread and many people have become addicted. food safety oversight healthcare not checked —
Red Bull has been sold in India since 2009, Monster since 2012, Sting since 2017, Hell Energy since 2018-19, Reliance's Campa Gold Boost since 2026, and PepsiCo's Adrenaline Rush since June 2026. market entry timeline healthcare not checked —
In India, hundreds to thousands of Red Bull cans are sold every day and 3.5 to 4 million bottles of Sting are sold daily, with actual consumption possibly higher. energy drink sales healthcare not checked —
FSSAI has cracked down on such misleading advertisements over the past few months. regulatory crackdown healthcare not checked —
After the FSSAI notice, these companies will have to explain why they lied by calling these drinks energy drinks to mislead people, and this will not be allowed going forward. misleading marketing healthcare not checked —
Food products are not permitted to make claims such as boosting energy or removing weakness. food labeling rules healthcare not checked —
The investigation was effectively not taken forward at all after the dummy recreation. stalled investigation crime not checked —