Satyameter Evidence-linked accuracy tracking for Indian TV news

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Sudhir Chaudhary

DD News Decode Hindi
94.6% 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 94.6%

95% confidence interval 88–98%

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.
. 92 checked of 447 checkable · 609 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.
 92/447

Verdict mix

131 of 609 extracted claims checked

131 of 609 extracted claims checked.

Coverage profile

Share of extracted claims by topic — click to drill in
pakistan security 31% international 20% crime 18% communal religion 7% governance economy 6% entertainment sports 6% science tech 5% other 2% opposition attack 2% environment 1% agriculture rural 0% infrastructure transport 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 120 claims →
Individuals 120 System & institutions 33 Government 3 Opposition 30 Foreign actor 144 Media 3

Flagged claims

Judged inaccurate or misleading in the checked sample

Episodes analysed

89 broadcasts

All claims & verdicts

478 claims · filtered from 609
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
The police must now prove whether the hoodie-wearing boy visible in the footage was really Chetan or someone else. CCTV evidence crime not checked —
On June 18, the day of Ketan Agrawal's murder, Chetan wore a hoodie to hide his identity, so his face is not clearly visible in the CCTV footage. CCTV evidence crime not checked —
Just as every person's fingerprints and signature are unique, every person's style of walking is also unique. gait analysis crime not checked —
Gait analysis is a forensic technique in which a person's manner of walking, i.e. their walking pattern, is scientifically analyzed. gait analysis crime not checked —
In this investigation the police are now adopting a new technique called gait analysis (GAIT), through which Chetan himself will reveal the truth. gait analysis crime not checked —
Crime-scene recreation is done so police can check whether the accounts given by the accused and witnesses match the location and the evidence. crime scene recreation crime not checked —
Police have already recreated the crime scene at Lohagad fort with Siya Goyal, and today they took Chetan Babulal Chaudhary to the same spot. crime scene recreation crime not checked —
Twelve days have passed since the murder of Ketan Agrawal in Pune. Pune murder case crime not checked —
The media never made Sarla Bhat's murder a headline and the ecosystem of that era never allowed such incidents against Kashmiri Pandits to reach the country's public; the whole country should apologise to them for this injustice. media silence Kashmiri Pandits communal religion not checked —
India and the European Union signed a Free Trade Agreement this year that will come into force next year, after which taxes on products like ACs and their spare parts could drop to zero, making it easier and cheaper for Indian companies to sell in Europe. India-EU FTA governance economy not checked —
If heat keeps rising, AC penetration in Europe could grow from 20% to 90% of homes and annual AC sales could rise from 15 million to 60 million units, a golden opportunity for Indian companies whose current share of Europe's AC market is under 1%. AC export opportunity governance economy not checked —
91% of homes in Japan have air conditioning versus only 20% in Europe and under 20% in India; India sells about 15 million ACs a year, China 100 million, and Europe is expected to sell about 16 million this year. AC penetration comparison governance economy not checked —
More than 1,300 people have died in Europe this summer, believed to be due to extreme heat, and scientists say the heatwave that began on 20 June is one of the biggest in Europe's history. Europe heatwave deaths environment not checked —
In January the United States removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, arrested him and installed a government of its choice; after the earthquake the US has announced about ₹2,850 crore in aid and its military is running relief operations in Venezuela. US intervention Venezuela international not checked —
The 24 June earthquake in Venezuela — its biggest in 150 years — destroyed or badly damaged about 59,000 buildings, affected about 6.7 million people, killed about 1,700 so far, and left about 45,000 missing, with Venezuela buying 10,000 body bags. Venezuela earthquake international not checked —
The cyber attack on Tata Electronics may be an international conspiracy by foreign powers to defame India as an electronics manufacturing hub, since countries like China would never want India to become the next manufacturing hub. cyber attack conspiracy science tech not checked —
Per research firm Counterpoint, about 26% of the world's iPhones are expected to be made in India in 2026, up from just 6% four years ago, and Tata Electronics accounts for roughly one-third of Apple's iPhone production in India. iPhone production India science tech not checked —
According to a Reuters report, hackers stole more than 200,000 confidential files from Apple supplier Tata Electronics and posted them on the dark web, a claim made by a hacker group called World Leaks; the leak includes iPhone 18 Pro design and supply chain details ahead of its September launch. Tata Electronics hack science tech not checked —
After the Modi government came to power in 2014 special attention was given to old Kashmiri Pandit cases, and serious investigation in the Sarla Bhat case began after Article 370 was removed in August 2019, with the SIA taking over the case around 2024. Kashmiri Pandit case revival pakistan security not checked —
In 2006 then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Yasin Malik in Delhi, and the Congress governments' policy on terrorism helped glorify terrorists, who began to see themselves as heroes. Congress terror policy opposition attack not checked —
Yasin Malik is serving a life sentence in Delhi's Tihar jail in a terror funding case, was accused of the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed (daughter of former home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed), and killed four Indian Air Force officers in 1990. Yasin Malik terror record pakistan security not checked —
According to the chargesheet, terrorist Khurshid Ahmad fired the shots at Sarla Bhat and has fled to Pakistan, while three other accused terrorists are already dead. absconding shooter Pakistan pakistan security not checked —
Sarla Bhat, a 27-year-old nurse at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar, was abducted by terrorists from a hostel on 18 April 1990, tortured for five days, and then shot dead after being branded an army informer. Sarla Bhat abduction murder pakistan security not checked —
Jammu and Kashmir's State Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet in a Srinagar court, about 36 years after the crime, naming JKLF chief Yasin Malik and four other terrorists as accused in the abduction and murder of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat. Sarla Bhat chargesheet pakistan security not checked —
One possibility is that Siya Goyal was an extremely dangerous, criminal-minded girl, and families should consider how much danger they are in if such people are around them. Siya Goyal character crime not checked —