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.
India has never used its full share of the water; of the water India was permitted to use for consumption and power generation, it has used only about 20%. India water underuse pakistan security misleading 60.0%
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 accurate 90.0%
The Indus Water Treaty was concluded in 1960; under it Pakistan receives the waters of the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers, while India got rights over the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers. treaty river allocation pakistan security accurate 99.0%
Because of the treaty suspension, India is not sharing with Pakistan information about when it will release water from its dams and barrages, full river-flow data, or important flood-related information. water data blockade pakistan security accurate 85.0%
Bilawal Bhutto also said at that time that if India stopped the Indus river's water, there would be war between the two countries. Bilawal war threat pakistan security accurate 85.0%
Pakistan's former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had said that either Pakistan's water will flow in the Indus or India's blood will. Bilawal water threat pakistan security accurate 95.0%
After last year's terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty. treaty suspension pakistan security accurate 97.0%
When asked about main accused Ramashankar Yadav, Champat Rai said he had given Ramashankar a job considering him needy, but was later betrayed by him. accused's betrayal of Rai crime accurate 72.0%
Champat Rai had been handling the entire functioning of the Ram Mandir since the year 2020. Rai's temple tenure communal religion accurate 90.0%
According to news agency PTI, Champat Rai said that after the stigma of the theft controversy he will no longer live in Ayodhya. Rai leaving Ayodhya communal religion misleading 75.0%
Champat Rai, former general secretary of the temple trust, has said that he was betrayed by the people he trusted. Champat Rai betrayal communal religion accurate 92.0%
Asaduddin Owaisi was among those in the 'ecosystem' who continually raised questions about the Ram Mandir. Owaisi criticism opposition attack accurate 90.0%
Critics who repeatedly asked when bulldozers would act against the theft accused have now received their answer with today's action. bulldozer critics answered opposition attack not checked —
Since the theft case emerged, an entire 'ecosystem' has stood up against the Ram Mandir. anti-Mandir ecosystem communal religion not checked —
There is a section of people in India that has disliked the Ram Mandir from the beginning and did not even attend its consecration. Ram Mandir critics communal religion not checked —
Lavkush Mishra's wife claims she has not received any notice from the Ayodhya Development Authority. wife denies notice crime accurate 85.0%
There are a total of eight accused in this case. number of accused crime accurate 85.0%
The authority has also inspected the houses of the remaining seven accused, and preparations are underway to bulldoze those houses where construction violated regulations. other accused inspections crime misleading 76.0%
The land's value was shown as approximately ₹8,80,000 in the registry, but its current market value is approximately ₹25 lakh. undervalued land registry crime accurate 82.0%
According to the UP Police investigation, Lavkush Mishra bought this land while he was working at the Ram Mandir. land purchase by accused crime accurate 82.0%
If the authority is not satisfied with the reply to the notice, the house may be demolished with a bulldozer. possible demolition crime not checked —
The investigation found that the house's construction violated regulations and the required approval was not obtained from the authority. construction rule violations crime accurate 90.0%
The house is registered in the name of accused Lavkush Mishra's wife, and the Ayodhya Development Authority has issued a notice over illegal construction demanding a reply within 7 days. illegal construction notice crime accurate 95.0%
A person earning such a meagre monthly salary (figure garbled in transcript) could not plausibly afford to build such a lavish house. disproportionate assets crime not checked —
Lavkush Mishra is an accused in the Ram Mandir theft and was building a two-storey house in Ayodhya. accused's house construction crime accurate 90.0%