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.
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%
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 —
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%
Congress leaders alleged they were placed under house arrest before they could proceed to the temple. house arrest allegation opposition attack accurate 92.0%
A Congress delegation, including UP Congress chief Ajay Rai, set out for Ayodhya to seek darshan at the Ram temple — the very temple critics say the party once questioned. Congress Ayodhya visit communal religion accurate 90.0%
The Special Investigation Team questioned Ram Mandir Trust general secretary Champat Rai for nearly three hours, and sources claim some trust members allegedly received up to 40% commissions for handling donations. donation theft probe crime misleading 65.0%