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

37 claims · filtered from 109
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
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 RSS, VHP and BJP have lost their credibility over their handling of the Ram Mandir investigation. BJP RSS credibility communal religion not checked —
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 —
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 —
This recovered amount could be just the tip of the iceberg of the total embezzlement. embezzlement scale communal religion not checked —
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 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 —
Because Arvind Kejriwal went to the temple, the Congress got 'FOMO' and is now going too — competitive Ram politics is being played. competitive temple visits opposition attack not checked —
With the 2027 and 2029 elections on the horizon, every political party is now trying to reclaim the Ram narrative. Ram narrative politics opposition attack not checked —