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

109 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Sources further claim that the remaining stolen money was returned through bank transfers by the 8th of June. money returned crime unverifiable 72.0%
On the 5th of June, trust representatives accompanied by police reached an accused's residence and recovered nearly Rs 58 lakh. cash recovery crime inaccurate 72.0%
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%
90% of people know that the Congress does not know what it is doing. Congress credibility poll opposition attack not checked —
In the channel's poll asking whether D.K. Shivakumar's enrollment push busts Rahul Gandhi's vote-theft claim, 90% of respondents said yes, 7% said no, and 3% could not say. vote theft poll governance economy unverifiable 90.0%
With no elections currently underway in Bengal and Bihar, the opposition has time to compile concrete cases of disenfranchised voters and take them to the Election Commission and Supreme Court, but instead it is only creating confusion. voter deletion evidence opposition attack not checked —
A prescribed form (Form 8) exists for corrections in voter rolls and sufficient time was given in all states, yet the opposition parties cannot say how many such forms they filed. Form 8 corrections governance economy misleading 60.0%
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%
If the DMK could manage the SIR process with its booth-level agents, the failure of the Congress, RJD and TMC to do so suggests the problem lies within those parties, not with the Election Commission. booth-level agents opposition attack not checked —
The SIR exercise already took place during previous elections in Kerala and Tamil Nadu along with other states, and the DMK did not create any showdown over voter rolls there. SIR in Tamil Nadu governance economy inaccurate 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%
The Congress is repeatedly pitching Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister; the question is whether the party will take a cue from its own Chief Minister and revise its stand on SIR. Congress SIR stance opposition attack not checked —
Rahul Gandhi has criticised SIR as an anti-national act, yet his own party's Chief Minister is encouraging participation in it. Rahul Gandhi SIR stance opposition attack misleading 62.0%
The opposition treats the same exercise as vote preservation in Karnataka but calls it vote theft in Bihar, and calls voter roll revision legitimate in Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and Tamil Nadu but an assault on democracy in Bengal — a double standard. SIR double standard opposition attack not checked —
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%
The Congress party is speaking in two contradictory voices on SIR — one leader runs an awareness campaign while another puts the Election Commission in the dock — so people cannot know which Congress to believe. Congress SIR contradiction opposition attack not checked —
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%