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.
PM Modi has long held the policy that the first right to India's water belongs to the people of India. water-first policy pakistan security not checked —
Modi had then suggested that India should divert water from the western rivers toward the eastern rivers to meet the water needs of dry states like Gujarat. river water diversion pakistan security not checked —
In 2002, as Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi wrote several letters to the central government saying India was not fully using its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty and much water was flowing unused to Pakistan. Modi 2002 letters pakistan security not checked —
The treaty was signed in September 1960 in Karachi by then Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, with the World Bank acting as mediator and also signing the agreement. treaty signing 1960 pakistan security not checked —
The Indian government is currently constructing a Chenab–Beas link tunnel on the Chenab river so its water can be diverted to other rivers. Chenab-Beas tunnel pakistan security not checked —
India has never used its full share of the water; of the water it was permitted to use for consumption and power generation, India has used only about 20%. underuse of water share pakistan security not checked —
Under the treaty, about 80% of the total water of the six rivers went to Pakistan and only 20% to India. 80-20 water split pakistan security not checked —
This is Pakistan's language — it wants to hold talks and issue threats at the same time. Pakistan's rhetoric pakistan security not checked —
The entire donation-counting system — from removing cash from the donation boxes to depositing it in the State Bank of India — was largely manual, with direct human involvement at every level, which gave thieves an opportunity. manual counting system communal religion not checked —
Several irregularities were found in the temple's records and documents for valuables, and as a result the entire inventory management system is now being audited. inventory records audit communal religion not checked —
Police suspect that this lax frisking was exploited to carry the cash out of the temple. cash smuggling communal religion not checked —
Private security guards were responsible for frisking employees entering and leaving the temple, but the investigation found that employees were not being strictly searched at all. lax frisking communal religion not checked —
Outsourced workers who have no connection to the temple's traditions and no devotion to the temple often commit corruption and do not care whether they are stealing from a temple, a house, or an office. outsourced workers' devotion communal religion not checked —
The counting work was done by outsourced employees whose responsibilities were not clearly defined and who were not properly supervised during the counting of donations. outsourced staffing communal religion not checked —
CCTV footage also revealed that on several occasions bundles of cash were handed to certain people instead of being deposited directly in the bank, violating the prescribed deposit procedure. cash deposit violation communal religion not checked —
According to the investigation, donation-counting employees often stood directly in front of camera lenses in a way that blocked the camera from properly recording events. camera obstruction communal religion not checked —
Despite CCTV surveillance, the temple had several blind spots — places the cameras could not see. CCTV blind spots communal religion not checked —
Many employees began counting donations wearing normal clothes; the no-pockets dress rule was broken and people started coming in clothes with pockets. dress code violation communal religion not checked —
The first rule was that employees counting the donations had to wear clothes without any pockets. no-pocket dress rule communal religion not checked —
The irregularity in the temple donation theft occurred not at one but at multiple different levels. temple donation theft communal religion not checked —
Some people living in India wrote this letter jointly with their Pakistani counterparts, thereby reopening the 'peace shop'. peace letter signatories pakistan security not checked —
India's leaders believed that forgiving Pakistan and growing closer to it would please Indian Muslims and win their votes, and this appeasement politics continued in India until 2014. Muslim appeasement politics communal religion not checked —
Before 2014, the same 'big brother' narrative was applied to majority Hindus in India, who were told to forgive every mistake of minority Muslims and bear the responsibility for secularism. Hindu 'big brother' narrative communal religion not checked —
In the past, terrorist Yasin Malik was part of this 'peace shop', and Pervez Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif ran it while harming India in its name. 'peace shop' history pakistan security not checked —
The Indian signatories of the letter are batting for Pakistan rather than India; they appear to be Pakistan sympathizers whom Pakistan has now reactivated. Pakistan sympathizers pakistan security not checked —