Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Navika Kumar

Times Now The Newshour English
88.5% 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 88.5%

95% confidence interval 77–95%

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.
. 52 checked of 72 checkable · 109 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.
 52/72

Verdict mix

72 of 109 extracted claims checked

72 of 109 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
crime 29% opposition attack 29% communal religion 24% governance economy 15% international 3%

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 24 claims →
Individuals 24 System & institutions 20 Government 4 Opposition 42

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

40 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

52 claims · filtered from 109
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
On the 7th of June, a statement from Champat Rai said the ongoing internal audit had revealed nothing noteworthy, even after Rs 58 lakh had been recovered and bank transfers made. trust audit denial crime accurate 85.0%
Sources tell Times Now that trust general secretary Champat Rai first received information about the suspected donation theft on the 3rd or 4th of June. trust cover-up timeline crime accurate 60.0%
The most sensational revelation today is a 25-second-long CCTV clip from the 5th of June related to the donation theft. CCTV evidence crime accurate 82.0%
The money trail, bank transactions, assets and possible links are under scrutiny, with nearly Rs 80 lakh recovered so far in the investigation. theft money trail crime accurate 85.0%
A day after sweeping raids across their homes, all eight accused in the Ram temple donation theft case have been sent to 14 days of judicial custody. donation theft arrests crime accurate 95.0%
D.K. Shivakumar said (translated from Kannada) that those who do not enroll in SIR will lose their voting rights and may face difficulty accessing benefits provided by the central or state government. Shivakumar SIR warning governance economy accurate 90.0%
The Congress fought the SIR case in the Supreme Court and lost it, and is now writing letter after letter instead. SIR Supreme Court case governance economy accurate 85.0%
It is unprecedented — it has never happened before — that 23 opposition parties, this time including the AAP and the DMK, have signed such a letter together. opposition CJI letter governance economy accurate 80.0%
In their letter to the CJI, the opposition parties alleged bias in the Election Commission's conduct, said the SIR process is vulnerable to manipulation, and sought judicial scrutiny. EC bias allegations governance economy accurate 90.0%
Today 23 opposition parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party and the DMK, joined hands to write a letter to the Chief Justice of India on SIR. opposition CJI letter governance economy accurate 95.0%
While the Karnataka Chief Minister is urging voters to participate in SIR, his cabinet colleague Priyank Kharge wants the Election Commission to first answer the party's objections before proceeding. Congress SIR objections governance economy accurate 92.0%
D.K. Shivakumar has warned that failing to fill the SIR enumeration form could lead to loss of voting rights and future difficulties in accessing government welfare schemes. SIR non-enrollment warning governance economy accurate 85.0%
The SIR exercise begins today in Karnataka, and Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has asked every eligible voter to compulsorily fill the enumeration form to preserve their voting rights. SIR enrollment Karnataka governance economy accurate 95.0%
After days of political silence, SIR is back in the headlines because a Congress leader is urging people to participate in the exercise rather than attacking it. SIR participation push governance economy accurate 72.0%
The whole matter started on June 4; Champat Rai knew about it on June 4, and cash and ornament recoveries were made on June 5. scam timeline communal religion accurate 70.0%
The detail that Champat Rai's resignation was never actually accepted emerged only five days after the resignation was announced. resignation non-acceptance communal religion accurate 70.0%
Posters of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav depicting him dressed as Lord Krishna appeared today, on his birthday. Akhilesh Krishna posters opposition attack accurate 92.0%
Trustee Anil Mishra, the only other trustee to resign, also continues as usual because to date the resignations have not been accepted. trustee resignations communal religion accurate 85.0%
Days after it was announced that Champat Rai had tendered his resignation, the temple trust told the channel today that he continues to remain in charge. Champat Rai resignation communal religion accurate 75.0%
Even gold ornaments offered by devotees at the Ram Mandir have been siphoned off. gold ornament theft communal religion accurate 70.0%
Times Now has accessed the SIT's recovery memo in the Ram Mandir case, and its findings are staggering. SIT recovery memo communal religion accurate 65.0%
There has been a theft of donations (chanda chori) at the Ram Mandir, and an investigation into it is ongoing. donation theft probe crime accurate 95.0%
Arvind Kejriwal was first in the race of temple visits, the Congress came second, and Akhilesh Yadav has not yet gone — yet everyone has suddenly remembered devotion to Ram. temple visit race opposition attack accurate 85.0%
UP Congress chief Ajay Rai has reached Hanumangarhi. Congress Ayodhya visit communal religion accurate 90.0%
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Uddhav Thackeray should all make a joint visit to the Ram temple. joint temple visit call communal religion accurate 90.0%