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

609 claims
Claims from this anchor, newest first.
ClaimTopicVerdictConf.
Another terrorist, Khurshid Ahmed, fired the shots at Sarla Bhat and has fled to Pakistan, while three other accused terrorists are already dead. accused fled Pakistan pakistan security not checked —
According to the chargesheet, Yasin Malik conspired in the abduction and murder of Sarla Bhat. Yasin Malik chargesheet pakistan security not checked —
Terrorists had earlier attacked her family home in Anantnag with a grenade, after which her family was forced to flee Kashmir. grenade attack Anantnag pakistan security not checked —
Sarla Bhat was unmarried and one of the few Kashmiri Pandit women who chose to continue working in Kashmir rather than leave. Pandit women who stayed communal religion not checked —
Kashmiri terrorists deliberately sought to terrorize Hindus (Kashmiri Pandits) into fleeing Kashmir, and that is what eventually happened. Kashmiri Pandit exodus communal religion not checked —
At that time in Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits were routinely killed on similar false accusations. Kashmiri Pandit killings communal religion not checked —
The terrorists justified her killing by labeling her a spy for the Indian Army. spy accusation killing pakistan security not checked —
On 18 April 1990, terrorists abducted Sarla Bhat from a hostel near the institute, tortured her for five days, and then shot her dead. Sarla Bhat murder pakistan security not checked —
27-year-old Sarla Bhat was a nurse at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar. Sarla Bhat murder pakistan security not checked —
If Pakistan ever dares to attack India again, Operation Sindoor will resume. Operation Sindoor warning pakistan security not checked —
Pakistan is now desperate to restart talks with India and has begun new efforts to bring India back to the negotiating table, because it is feeling the cost of the treaty suspension. Pakistan seeks talks pakistan security not checked —
Until 2014, India's leaders practiced appeasement politics, forgiving Pakistan in the belief that Indian Muslims would be pleased and vote for them. appeasement politics communal religion not checked —
Before 2014, majority Hindus in India were cast as the 'elder brother' and minority Muslims as the 'younger brother', with Hindus told to forgive every mistake of Muslims and bear sole responsibility for secularism. pre-2014 communal narrative communal religion not checked —
In the past, the India–Pakistan 'peace shop' featured terrorist Yasin Malik and was run by Pervez Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif, causing harm to India in the name of peace. past peace initiatives pakistan security not checked —
The Indian signatories of the letter are batting for Pakistan, are Pakistan's sympathizers, and have been 'reactivated' by Pakistan. Pakistan sympathizers charge opposition attack not checked —
Resuming normal visa services between the two countries would enable Pakistan to easily send its terrorists into India. visa resumption risk pakistan security not checked —
The Indian government's stated position remains that Operation Sindoor has not ended and is still ongoing. Operation Sindoor status pakistan security not checked —
Last April in Pahalgam, Pakistani terrorists killed 26 tourists after asking their religion. Pahalgam attack pakistan security not checked —
After the January 2016 terrorist attack on the Pathankot airforce station, India stopped all talks with Pakistan, and that dialogue has now been suspended for about 10 years. talks suspended 2016 pakistan security not checked —
In 2002, as Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi wrote several letters to the central government saying India was not fully using its treaty share and suggesting diverting western rivers' water toward the eastern rivers for dry states like Gujarat. Modi 2002 letters pakistan security not checked —
The Indus Water Treaty was signed in September 1960 in Karachi by PM Jawaharlal Nehru and Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, with the World Bank acting as mediator and also signing it. 1960 treaty signing pakistan security not checked —
The Indian government is currently constructing a Chenab–Beas link tunnel to divert Chenab water to other rivers. Chenab-Beas tunnel pakistan security not checked —
India has used only about 20% of even the water share and hydropower entitlement allowed to it under the treaty. India water underuse pakistan security not checked —
Under the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan got the waters of the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab while India got the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej; roughly 80% of the six rivers' total water went to Pakistan and only 20% to India. IWT water split pakistan security not checked —
Since suspending the treaty, India is no longer sharing with Pakistan information on dam/barrage water releases, river-flow data, or flood warnings. water data halt pakistan security not checked —