Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

← Leaderboard

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

268 claims · filtered from 376
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
The six MPs who left Uddhav Thackeray to join Eknath Shinde are receiving threats, and the government has therefore increased their security. Shiv Sena defector threats governance economy not checked —
Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission claiming hers is the real Trinamool Congress and sent a list of 24 members of the party's new national executive, naming herself chairperson. TMC party dispute governance economy not checked —
After the Lucknow tragedy, raids on coaching centers began nationwide, with security audits of coaching centers and gaming zones starting in UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. coaching center audits governance economy not checked —
Most coaching institutes and commercial buildings across the country have no fire safety arrangements and no emergency exit provisions. fire safety violations infrastructure transport not checked —
After 15 young people died in the Lucknow gaming zone fire, it emerged within 24 hours that the Aliganj building was illegal, had unauthorized construction, no fire safety arrangements, and no emergency exit. gaming zone fire crime not checked —
The State Bank was responsible for counting and accounting of the offerings, but on the temple trust's advice the bank engaged several local people in the counting work. bank counting lapse communal religion not checked —
The SIT's 101-page report states that staff for counting the offerings were recruited arbitrarily, on the recommendation of trust members, with local acquaintances given the work. offerings counting recruitment communal religion not checked —
According to the anchor's information, the SIT report does not name any senior Ram Mandir Trust official — neither Champat Rai, nor Anil Mishra, nor Gopal Rao is mentioned or accused. SIT report exonerations communal religion not checked —
Trust secretary Champat Rai appeared on stage for the first time since the controversy, at a flag-hoisting ceremony, and all trust-linked persons under suspicion appeared together on stage. trust officials suspicion communal religion not checked —
The SIT formed to investigate the theft of offerings at the Ram Mandir submitted its preliminary investigation report to the government today. Ram Mandir theft SIT communal religion not checked —
A severe heatwave has hit Europe: 14 countries including Spain and Italy have issued red alerts, France's temperature has crossed 40°C with the Eiffel Tower's upper section closed, South London recorded 36°C, and AC units are selling out across France, Spain and Italy. Europe heatwave environment not checked —
India's first hydrogen train underwent its final high-speed trial today on the Delhi–Jind section, running at 120 km/h under the supervision of RDSO's technical team. hydrogen train trial infrastructure transport not checked —
During a Muharram procession in Ujjain's Badnagar area, people hoisted a van with a crane and blew it up amid a crowd; three men — Shoaib, Zahid and Taslim — were arrested, charged under the NSA, and paraded through Badnagar. Muharram van explosion communal religion not checked —
Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced his government will implement the Uniform Civil Code as soon as possible; the UCC bill may be tabled in the assembly on Monday and the draft has been circulated to all MLAs. Bengal UCC bill governance economy not checked —
Cyber-fraud gangs caught in Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad have defrauded people of at least ₹50 crore nationwide using malicious APK files sent via WhatsApp; Mumbai police arrested six people, and one victim lost ₹2,35,000 after paying a fake ₹10 gas bill. WhatsApp APK fraud crime not checked —
Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Ayodhya today, prompting a taunt from Yogi Adityanath about Delhi's lack of development. Kejriwal Ayodhya visit governance economy not checked —
Because the case involves the Ram Mandir and UP has elections next year, opposition parties see a political opportunity in it. UP election politics governance economy not checked —
The SIT has evidence that Anukalp Mishra manipulated bank vouchers, understating the offering amounts and pocketing the excess cash. voucher manipulation communal religion not checked —
The SIT obtained only 45 days of CCTV footage, with segments missing, meaning cameras were switched off during the counting of offerings while money was looted. missing CCTV footage communal religion not checked —
The SIT suspects Tinku Yadav stole the most, explaining his rapidly growing property including a 70-room hostel near the airport, where police took him today. Tinku Yadav property communal religion not checked —
During transport of counted cash to the bank, bundles were packed with 14-15 wads of ₹10 notes instead of 10, and the extra wads were removed en route — this is when most of the theft occurred. cash transport skimming communal religion not checked —
Champat Rai had handed most of the temple management responsibility to Tinku Yadav, including supervision of the 40 donation boxes in the temple complex and custody of the keys to the cash boxes. keys handed to Tinku Yadav communal religion not checked —
Of those arrested, only Tinku Yadav and Subhash Srivastava were trust employees; the rest of the looters were on SBI's payroll. SBI payroll looters communal religion not checked —
A chain of recommendations placed one offering-thief after another into temple jobs (Tinku Yadav → Ravi Mishra → Anukalp Mishra → Lavkush Mishra) with no background verification by anyone. unverified recommendation hiring communal religion not checked —
The counting of offerings was the State Bank of India's responsibility and only SBI personnel should have been deployed, but Anil Mishra and Champat Rai placed their own close associates in this work. SBI counting protocol breach communal religion not checked —