Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Chitra Tripathi

ABP News Janhit Hindi
79.5% 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 79.5%

95% confidence interval 69–87%

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.
. 78 checked of 433 checkable · 524 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.
 78/433

Verdict mix

124 of 524 extracted claims checked

124 of 524 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
crime 41% communal religion 24% international 10% governance economy 6% pakistan security 6% education 5% environment 2% opposition attack 2% agriculture rural 1% other 1% science tech 1% infrastructure transport 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 199 claims →
Individuals 199 System & institutions 88 Government 12 Opposition 12 A minority community 2 Foreign actor 61

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

37 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

524 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Siya had prepared a proper criminal code/signal for Ketan's murder — the code was Siya's gesture of sitting down. murder signal code crime accurate 90.0%
According to the investigation so far, Siya and Chetan killed Ketan as part of a premeditated conspiracy. premeditated murder conspiracy crime accurate 90.0%
The murder of Ketan Agarwal in Pune was carried out by his own fiancée Siya Goyal together with her lover Chetan Chaudhary. Pune fiancée murder crime accurate 95.0%
The Supreme Court has declined an early hearing on the donation theft matter and has given a date of July 13. Supreme Court hearing delay crime not checked —
The anchor asserts that the way the investigation is proceeding shows only the eight thieves have been caught while everyone else has been spared. only small thieves caught crime not checked —
The Yogi government is claiming that no one involved in the donation theft will be spared and that the strictest action will be taken. government action claim governance economy not checked —
Trustee Gopal Rao, seen in Ram Mandir aarti visuals, has been questioned in the SIT probe and his role in the donation theft has been described as suspicious, yet he remains active in the Trust. trustee Gopal Rao communal religion not checked —
The anchor speculates that preparations may be underway to make Champat Rai a witness instead of an accused. witness-not-accused ploy communal religion not checked —
Ayodhya's lawyers have decided that no advocate will represent the donation-theft accused, with a five lakh rupee fine on any lawyer who does, and the Bar Association has given an ultimatum that Champat Rai and Anil Mishra must leave Ayodhya within three days. Bar Association boycott crime not checked —
Allegations are being made that the investigation is being deliberately confined to the eight small thieves in order to shield senior Trust office-bearers. investigation scope limited communal religion not checked —
The anchor suggests remand was not sought because interrogation might lead the accused to name the 'big fish' behind the donation theft. shielding big fish crime not checked —
Police arrested all eight accused late on the night of June 28, produced them in court on Friday without seeking remand, and at today's video-conference hearing again did not seek remand, so the court sent all of them to jail until July 13. repeated remand refusal crime not checked —
After Tinnu Yadav's arrest, police raided his house and recovered jewellery, cash and property documents. assets recovered in raid crime not checked —
Tinnu Yadav, accused number eight in the FIR but the main accused, is Champat Rai's former driver and was trusted enough that Champat Rai handed him the keys to the donation boxes, which police have recovered from him. driver held donation keys crime not checked —
Despite lakhs of rupees in offering cash being recovered from Avinash Shukla, Champat Rai did not get any FIR registered. Champat Rai FIR inaction communal religion not checked —
The same Avinash Shukla is now named first in the FIR's list of donation thieves. Shukla now prime accused crime not checked —
On June 5, police picked up accused Avinash Shukla from his home with cash recovered, but the Ram Mandir Trust filed no complaint, police registered no FIR, and Shukla was later released. suppressed June FIR crime not checked —
Lavkush Mishra, Anukalp Mishra's partner in the offering theft, also lives in Ayodhya's Kaushalpuri colony; the two are relatives and co-accused in the case. co-accused relatives crime not checked —
Anukalp Mishra was poor before getting the Ram Mandir job, but while counting offerings he built a sizeable house in Ayodhya's Kaushalpuri colony. accused's sudden wealth crime not checked —
Anukalp Mishra is listed second among the accused; he was responsible for counting cash in the counting room, played the main role in tampering with CCTV cameras, and hid stolen offerings in the bathroom. Anukalp Mishra's role crime not checked —
The anchor speculates whether Champat Rai was the ringleader under whose patronage the eight thieves were stealing the Ram temple offerings. Champat Rai as ringleader communal religion not checked —
The police did not seek remand of the eight arrested thieves, so the court sent all eight accused to judicial custody until July 13. police remand lapse crime not checked —
Despite resigning, Champat Rai has been allowed to remain in his post until July 6 and has been given immunity from any action until the Ram Mandir Trust meeting on that date. immunity until Trust meeting communal religion not checked —
No copy of Champat Rai's resignation has surfaced, and the Ram Mandir Trust has not yet accepted his resignation. resignation authenticity communal religion not checked —
The anchor suggests a plan may be underway to honourably exonerate Champat Rai in the donation theft, with the Ram Mandir Trust, SIT and police all colluding. alleged exoneration plan communal religion not checked —