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.
The Ram Mandir donation scam has shown that nobody in charge is worried about the trust and faith of Hindus in the country. Hindu devotees' faith betrayed communal religion not checked —
Despite the donation theft, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra remain part of the temple trust in the name of a fair investigation, which is an ignominy for devotees. accused remain in trust communal religion not checked —
The authorities are treating the 140 crore people of India as fools by claiming the investigation is fair while the accused remain in charge. public taken for fools communal religion not checked —
The drivers who were leading the donation theft are now in jail, while the trust officials they worked for remain part of the trust. accused officials retained communal religion misleading 65.0%
The RSS, VHP and BJP have lost their credibility over their handling of the Ram Mandir investigation. BJP RSS credibility communal religion not checked —
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%
Waiting until the July 6 trust meeting to accept the resignations gives the accused officials time to cover up their tracks. resignation delay cover-up communal religion not checked —
The investigation cannot be fair if the officials who resigned continue to run the trust as usual. investigation fairness communal religion not checked —
The drivers of the trust officials were overseeing the entire working of the Ram Mandir donation portfolio, yet the officials remain in place as if nothing happened. drivers running donations communal religion misleading 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%
For the opposition, the Ram Mandir controversy is more than a corruption issue — it is an opportunity to challenge the BJP on a subject it has long claimed as its strongest political plank. opposition politicising scandal opposition attack not checked —
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%
The man who was managing the temple trust, under whose nose the embezzlement took place, is still in charge of the trust's affairs. trust accountability communal religion misleading 60.0%
This recovered amount could be just the tip of the iceberg of the total embezzlement. embezzlement scale communal religion not checked —
Even gold ornaments offered by devotees at the Ram Mandir have been siphoned off. gold ornament theft communal religion accurate 70.0%
Investigators have so far recovered more than ₹1 crore, and the alleged loot was confined to cash donations alone. cash donation theft communal religion misleading 60.0%
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%
Politics is turning everything, including religious matters like the Ram Mandir, into a religious spectacle purely for electoral gain. religion as spectacle communal religion not checked —
The parties that accused the BJP of using Ram as a political prop are now doing the same thing themselves, which amounts to opportunism. Ram politics hypocrisy opposition attack not checked —
For the opposition, getting to the bottom of the donation-theft investigation is only a secondary priority; their number one priority is to target the BJP politically and put it on the backfoot. opposition motives opposition attack not checked —
The UP elections are around the corner in a few months, and the opposition has chosen the moment when the donation-theft investigation has put the spotlight on the Ram Mandir to launch its campaign. UP campaign timing governance economy misleading 60.0%
The Congress's cries of 'house arrest' and foul play were unwarranted since only permission procedures were involved; their protest is just political competition. house arrest allegation opposition attack not checked —
Ajay Rai had wanted to go with his supporters but did not have permission to do so; now that permission has been given, he is going — everything happened as per process and procedure. temple visit permissions governance economy misleading 70.0%