Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Arnab Goswami

Republic TV The Debate with Arnab Goswami English
79.7% 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 79.7%

95% confidence interval 68–88%

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.
. 64 checked of 154 checkable · 201 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.
 64/154

Verdict mix

104 of 201 extracted claims checked

104 of 201 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
pakistan security 45% opposition attack 15% international 9% governance economy 9% communal religion 8% infrastructure transport 5% other 4% crime 2% education 1% 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 40 claims →
Individuals 40 System & institutions 15 Government 3 Opposition 23 Foreign actor 74 Media 5

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

25 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

201 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Pakistan has failed to desilt or repair the Tarbela dam for 20 years, and heavy silt accumulation has reduced the dam's capacity by 40%. Tarbela dam neglect pakistan security accurate 75.0%
Pakistan's Tarbela dam has an installed capacity of 4,888 MW, representing 51-52% of WAPDA-affiliated hydropower capacity and about 30% of Pakistan's electricity needs as of 2012. Tarbela dam capacity pakistan security accurate 90.0%
The Russians destroyed a hydroelectric dam in Ukraine. Ukraine dam destruction international accurate 75.0%
The Indus Waters Treaty's own provisions permit its suspension and renegotiation, so India is not violating the treaty by suspending and seeking to renegotiate it. treaty suspension legality pakistan security inaccurate 85.0%
The Indus Waters Treaty was mediated/brokered by the World Bank. World Bank mediation pakistan security accurate 98.0%
India fired 19 to 20 BrahMos missiles that penetrated 124 km into Pakistani airspace, causing damage to the Pakistani military at Jacobabad, Nur Khan and Sargodha from which it is still recovering. BrahMos strikes pakistan security misleading 60.0%
Pakistan promised not to engage in violent attacks or terrorism but violated that commitment through the Parliament attack, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and the Pulwama attack. cross-border terror attacks pakistan security accurate 70.0%
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that terrorism and talks cannot go together. terror and talks pakistan security accurate 97.0%
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, India gives Pakistan 80.36% of the river waters and keeps only 19.64% for itself. Indus Waters Treaty share pakistan security accurate 90.0%
Mumbai's coastal road primarily connects Worli to South Bombay and mainly benefits South Bombay's affluent residents rather than ordinary citizens. coastal road priorities infrastructure transport not checked —
India's super rich are sending their next generation to Dubai and becoming non-resident Indians while the tax-paying middle class dies from civic negligence. elite exodus to Dubai governance economy not checked —
People do not die falling into open manholes in Mumbai's elite areas like Pali Hill, South Bombay, Altamount Road, and Napean Sea Road, showing India has two classes of citizens. civic inequality governance economy not checked —
On 13 February this year, the Ministry of Road Transport told Parliament that around 9,100 deaths occurred in the past five years due to potholes, a 53% increase over the previous five years, with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra as the top three states. pothole deaths infrastructure transport misleading 85.0%
Such infrastructure accidents happen only to middle-class ordinary Indians, never to the children of the rich, politicians, or ministers. middle class victimhood governance economy not checked —
The two college students were riding a two-wheeler near Bikaner Sweets in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, beneath the LP bridge, when they contacted floodwater electrified by a short circuit from a low-hanging electrical wire and collapsed. electrocution Nerul flooding infrastructure transport accurate 80.0%
There were 14 children on the school bus when the tree fell; 12 were trapped on board, and one died. school bus tree fall infrastructure transport accurate 65.0%
The official response to the schoolboy's death was one lakh rupees (about 1,000 US dollars) in compensation from civic body funds and merely a suspension of the assistant garden superintendent of the West Ward. inadequate compensation governance economy accurate 75.0%
In India there is an accountability gap and ordinary citizens' lives do not matter to those in power. accountability gap governance economy not checked —
Two days ago, a four-year-old boy who had accompanied his father to the fields died after falling into an uncovered 22-foot borewell, despite a 21-hour rescue operation. borewell child death other accurate 85.0%
A 55-year-old man died after falling into an open manhole in Mumbai's Sakinaka because private contract workers had removed the cover and failed to replace it; only his umbrella and slippers were recovered. Sakinaka manhole death infrastructure transport accurate 90.0%
On the morning of June 24, a civic worker fell into an open manhole at King Circle, Mumbai, right in front of the Mumbai mayor during her inspection. manhole fall King Circle infrastructure transport accurate 90.0%
Also in Junagadh, Gujarat, a woman with children and a motorcyclist fell into a submerged drain. submerged drain fall infrastructure transport accurate 85.0%
In Azad Chowk, Junagadh, Gujarat, a couple on their way to work fell into an open sewer pit, and the man suffered a serious head injury. open sewer pit fall infrastructure transport accurate 80.0%
This week, two college girls were electrocuted on a waterlogged road, were initially presumed dead, but survived. electrocution on waterlogged road infrastructure transport accurate 85.0%
A 60-year-old tree that municipal authorities were supposed to remove fell on a school bus in Mumbai, killing an 11-year-old boy named Vihan and injuring five others, with surviving children aged four to twelve. tree fall on school bus infrastructure transport accurate 85.0%