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.
Uddhav Thackeray's close aide Sachin Ahir defected today to Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, which has decided to make him deputy chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, and he filed his nomination the same day. Shiv Sena defection governance economy accurate 97.0%
Samajwadi Party chief whip Kamal Akhtar resigned today following a public feud with Moradabad MP Ruchi Veera; Akhilesh Yadav had summoned both to Lucknow on June 25 where they clashed in front of him. SP internal feud governance economy accurate 92.0%
At his Bareilly event for the cow-as-national-mother campaign, only four people in a crowd of hundreds raised their hands as supporters, after which Swami Abhimukteshwaranand angrily abandoned the programme midway. cow campaign flop communal religion unverifiable 60.0%
Akhilesh Yadav will try to make the Ram Mandir theft an issue in the UP election, but Yogi Adityanath took immediate action, formed an SIT, had an FIR registered, and did not try to shield or frame anyone. theft politicization opposition attack not checked —
A delegation of UP Congress leaders reached Ayodhya today but the administration denied them permission to go to the temple, citing the likelihood of a disturbance. Congress Ayodhya visit blocked opposition attack accurate 85.0%
The anchor opines that the new trustees should have banking, finance and administrative capability, that a professional CEO should run the temple administration on the Tirupati model, and that an independent chief vigilance officer should be appointed. temple administration reform communal religion not checked —
In the first round on July 6, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra will be removed from the Ram Mandir trust and, with one seat already vacant due to a death, three new trustees will be appointed. trustee removal communal religion not checked —
The temple complex has a 15-foot-high, 4-kilometre-long wall, three-layer security, and 1,600 CCTV cameras including automatic number plate recognition and face recognition cameras. temple security infrastructure communal religion accurate 85.0%
The administration transferred Ayodhya radio operations officer Arjun Dev to Gorakhpur; he had been posted in Ayodhya for 17 years, was responsible for monitoring all 1,600 CCTV cameras in the temple campus, and was a close friend of accused Tinnu Yadav. CCTV officer transfer communal religion accurate 75.0%
Today Faizabad police, with court permission, interrogated Avinash Shukla in jail for about two hours; ₹8 lakh had been recovered from his house on June 5. jail interrogation communal religion misleading 68.0%
Champat Rai has unilateral control over the temple trust because most trust members are very elderly or live far away, leaving Champat Rai and Anil Mishra to run all trust affairs and change rules at will. trust governance failure communal religion misleading 60.0%
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 and refused. ignored reform demands communal religion unverifiable 60.0%
Mint Corporation of India staff stayed about one and a half months at the temple for valuation of gold and silver, but Champat Rai had them removed, saying their cost was too high and they were not needed. Mint valuers removed communal religion accurate 60.0%
The cash theft began during the Kumbh Mela, averaged ₹5-6 lakh per day, and by the time the matter surfaced on June 4 an estimated more than ₹4 crore had been stolen. theft scale estimate communal religion unverifiable 60.0%
The reportedly missing diamond jewellery, gold and silver donations were found safe in Champat Rai's room, where he had kept them with full written accounts. jewellery found safe communal religion inaccurate 90.0%
The SIT collected evidence over five days, confronted Subhash Srivastava and Tinnu Yadav, and interrogated about 70 people. SIT investigation communal religion accurate 72.0%
Champat Rai initially did not want to hand the culprits over to police and argued they should be forgiven and moved to other work since the money had been recovered. shielding of culprits communal religion accurate 78.0%
About ₹80 lakh, including 1,100 US dollars, was recovered from the counters' homes, more was found in their bank accounts, and a total of about ₹1 crore has been recovered so far. stolen cash recovery communal religion accurate 85.0%
The theft was exposed when a cleaning worker found bundles of currency notes in the bathroom attached to the counting room, after which Champat Rai reviewed the CCTV footage and saw people pocketing notes. theft discovery communal religion accurate 82.0%
The thieves were tipped off about a planned surprise frisking, hid the stolen money in bags in the bathroom before leaving, and the frisking found nothing on anyone. tipped-off frisking communal religion accurate 82.0%
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 staff communal religion accurate 80.0%
Ayodhya police were not allowed near the counting room, and the CCTV footage of the counting room was not made available to the police control room even though footage of the rest of the complex was. police excluded from counting communal religion accurate 72.0%
When security guards frisked counting supervisor Subhash Srivastava on the first day, he protested saying RSS volunteers cannot be doubted, after which Champat Rai changed the rule so daily frisking was replaced by occasional random frisking. frisking rule dilution communal religion accurate 60.0%
In the donation counting room, 22 people worked per shift, nobody was frisked, and people came wearing shirts and pants with double pockets. counting room security lapse communal religion accurate 82.0%
The anchor claims to have exclusive, verified information with evidence about how the theft at Ram Mandir happened, how it was detected, and how much money was stolen. Ram Mandir theft expose communal religion not checked —