Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Rajat Sharma

India TV Aaj Ki Baat Hindi
81.2% 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 81.3%

95% confidence interval 70–89%

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.
. 64 checked of 291 checkable · 350 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.
 64/291

Verdict mix

108 of 376 extracted claims checked

108 of 376 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
communal religion 29% governance economy 24% crime 16% international 11% opposition attack 9% pakistan security 4% education 4% infrastructure transport 1% entertainment sports 1% science tech 1% environment 0% other 0%

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 121 claims →
Individuals 121 System & institutions 27 Government 4 Opposition 80 A minority community 5 Foreign actor 37 Media 1

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

15 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

376 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
At his Bareilly event, when Swami Abhimukteshwaranand asked supporters of his cow-as-Rashtramata campaign to raise hands, only four people did, and he walked out of the program midway in anger. cow Rashtramata campaign communal religion not checked —
Yogi Adityanath acted immediately on the donation theft by forming an SIT and filing an FIR based on its probe, without trying to shield or frame anyone. Yogi SIT action governance economy not checked —
The anchor suggests the Ram Mandir should have a professional CEO, trustees with banking and administrative expertise, a Tirupati-style transparent counting system, and an independent chief vigilance officer. temple administration reform communal religion not checked —
On July 6, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra will be removed from the Ram Mandir Trust and three new trustees will be appointed. trustee removal communal religion not checked —
Radio operations officer Arjun Dev, posted in Ayodhya for 17 years and responsible for monitoring all 1,600 CCTV cameras at the Ram Mandir campus, was transferred to Gorakhpur after the SIT questioned him; he was a close friend of accused Tinnu Yadav and close to Champat Rai. CCTV officer transfer crime not checked —
Today Faizabad police, with court permission, questioned accused Avinash Shukla in jail for about two hours; ₹58 lakh had been recovered from his house on June 5. accused jail interrogation crime not checked —
Champat Rai ruled the temple unchallenged because most trust members are very elderly or unwell, leaving Champat Rai and Anil Mishra to run all trust affairs and change rules as they pleased. trust governance failure communal religion not checked —
For about one and a half years the RSS and VHP repeatedly asked Champat Rai to build a proper system and appoint experts, but he remained adamant. ignored reform advice communal religion not checked —
Mint Corporation of India staff stayed about one and a half months at the temple for valuation of gold and silver, but Champat Rai sent them away claiming their cost was too high. Mint valuers removed communal religion not checked —
The cash theft began during the Kumbh Mela, averaging around ₹5 lakh per day, and by the time the matter came to light on June 4 an estimated over ₹4 crore had been stolen. theft scale estimate communal religion not checked —
The reportedly missing diamond, gold and silver donations were found safe in Champat Rai's room, where he had kept them with full written records. valuables found safe communal religion not checked —
The SIT worked for five days, confronted Subhash Srivastava and Tinnu Yadav, and interrogated about 70 people. SIT investigation communal religion not checked —
Champat Rai did not want to hand the thieves over to the police and wanted to forgive them and move them to other work since the money had been recovered. shielding accused communal religion not checked —
About ₹80 lakh, including 1,100 US dollars, was recovered from the counters' homes, with more found in their bank accounts, bringing total recovery so far to about ₹1 crore. stolen cash recovery communal religion not checked —
The thieves were tipped off about a surprise frisking and hid the stolen money in bags in the bathroom; the theft was exposed when a cleaning worker later found bundles of notes in the bathroom attached to the counting room. theft discovery communal religion not checked —
In the first week of June, an insider complained to Champat Rai that people were stealing donation cash by stuffing bundles of notes into their pockets. insider theft complaint communal religion accurate 58.0%
Trustee Anil Mishra was responsible for the counting; the counters were his relatives and close to Tinnu Yadav, and the supervisor Subhash Srivastava was also Anil Mishra's man. nepotism in counting communal religion accurate 62.0%
Ayodhya police were not allowed near the counting room, and CCTV footage of the counting room was not made available to the police control room. police access denied communal religion accurate 68.0%
When supervisor Subhash Srivastava objected to being frisked on the first day, Champat Rai changed the rule so that daily frisking was replaced with only occasional random frisking. frisking rule change communal religion accurate 58.0%
In the Ram Mandir donation counting room, 22 people worked per shift, no one was frisked, and workers came wearing double-pocketed shirts and pants. donation counting security communal religion accurate 82.0%
After news of the Russian attack, Ukrainian President Zelensky had to cut short his visit to Ireland and return home. Russia-Ukraine war international not checked —
Russia today launched its biggest air attack on Ukraine so far, firing more than 70 missiles at Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing more than 20 people and injuring hundreds. Russia-Ukraine war international not checked —
With Japan's help, 1,000 organic fertilizer plants will be set up in India under a biogas initiative. India-Japan biogas plants international not checked —
India and Japan will jointly develop the UNICORN naval antenna radio for warships, marking the first time India has signed an agreement with Japan to co-develop defence equipment. India-Japan defence pact international not checked —
Around 80 electric vehicles, purchased in 2018 for MCD officials, have been lying unused like junk in the MCD headquarters parking lot for two years because the contract with the company was not renewed. MCD idle EVs governance economy not checked —