Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Rubika Liyaquat

Times Now Navbharat News Ki Pathshala Hindi
83.5% 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 83.5%

95% confidence interval 75–90%

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.
. 91 checked of 451 checkable · 528 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.
 91/451

Verdict mix

126 of 528 extracted claims checked

126 of 528 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
pakistan security 34% crime 23% communal religion 18% opposition attack 12% governance economy 12% infrastructure transport 1% environment 0% international 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 113 claims →
Individuals 113 System & institutions 41 Opposition 82 Foreign actor 135

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

55 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

528 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Champat Rai, who is facing police questioning, continues to occupy his position and carry out daily work inside the temple even after submitting his resignation as general secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust. Champat Rai resignation communal religion accurate 65.0%
Some employees under the Ram Mandir Trust could not rid themselves of greed, betraying the vision of Ram Rajya that was promised. trust employees' greed communal religion not checked —
At the time of the consecration it was proclaimed that the Ram Mandir signaled the establishment of Ram Rajya in India for the next 1000 years and that Mahatma Gandhi's dream of true democracy had been realized. Ram Rajya promise communal religion accurate 70.0%
The BJP, RSS and VHP together ran a 60-day nationwide darshan and celebration campaign across the country around the consecration. BJP-RSS darshan campaign communal religion accurate 55.0%
On the day of the Ram Mandir consecration, bhajans, kirtans and Ramayana recitations were held in more than 500,000 temples across the country. consecration celebrations communal religion accurate 60.0%
People with no experience of the work were the ones assigned to count the Ram Mandir offerings. counting staff assignment crime not checked —
Champat Rai must take responsibility and keep himself away from the trust until the investigation fully clears the matter. accountability demand communal religion not checked —
The security company provides housekeeping, security and cash logistics services in eight states. security company profile crime not checked —
The company's Ayodhya branch chief manager recommended all 22 workers in writing, after which the agency recruited all of them without any verification and sent them to the Ram Mandir. unverified recruitment crime not checked —
The arrested cleaning staff belonged to Sainik Security Services Private Limited of Varanasi, which had sent 22 people to the Ram Mandir for housekeeping services, of whom six were put on donation counting. outsourcing arrangement crime not checked —
Six housekeeping (cleaning) staff members at the Ram Mandir were assigned to count the offerings, and police have arrested all six of them. staff arrests crime not checked —
The roughly ₹81 lakh was not recovered through independent police discovery; the accused themselves told police where they had hidden the money. recovery method crime not checked —
Approximately ₹18 lakh was recovered from accused Karunesh Pandey and about ₹14 lakh from accused Lavkush Mishra. cash recovery crime not checked —
Accused Tinnu Yadav had hidden money in a tin box — notes stuffed in a steel tank in a hostel room — from which cash was recovered. hidden cash crime not checked —
Approximately ₹20.39 lakh was recovered from the first accused, Avinash Shukla. cash recovery crime not checked —
There are a total of seven accused in the case, one of them unidentified, and a total of approximately ₹80.85 lakh has been recovered from them so far. accused and recovery crime not checked —
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has claimed hundreds of crores of rupees of offerings were stolen, but the channel's own sources say such a large amount is false. theft amount claim crime not checked —
The police and SIT do not yet know the total number of accused in the donation theft case, nor do they have even a rough estimate of the total amount stolen. investigation gaps crime not checked —
Champat Rai's driver moved around freely anywhere in the temple premises whenever he wished. driver access crime not checked —
Champat Rai told police that accused Tinnu Yadav was an acquaintance but had no unlimited or official powers. Tinnu Yadav ties crime not checked —
Champat Rai told police that staff engaged in counting the hundi offerings were appointed by the bank through an outsourced agency, and that rotating their shifts was the bank's responsibility, not the trust's. outsourced counting staff crime not checked —
In his answers to police, Champat Rai said donation information was shared at trust meetings but not the details of every transaction. donation record keeping crime unverifiable 45.0%
Champat Rai is on the Ayodhya police's radar and has been subjected to extensive police questioning in the donation theft case. Champat Rai questioning crime accurate 80.0%
Champat Rai failed to fulfil the responsibility of managing the Ram Mandir Trust that was entrusted to him. trust mismanagement communal religion not checked —
If Champat Rai remains in his chair with full authority after resigning, the investigation could be influenced. investigation interference communal religion not checked —