Audit Trail · Article #1014120

B.C. Lions name McKnight special teams coordinator

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-07-13T16:51:36 · ingested 2026-07-13T18:01:54.397995

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: accountability(-0.10×1)

      computed at 2026-08-31T22:05:49.121259
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-07-13T15:18:12.322563-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-07-13T18:46:33.219050

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)

unverified The B.C. Lions have appointed veteran coach Dennis McKnight as the new special teams coordinator.

        fact_v1 · 2026-07-13T18:44:57.319878
      

unverified The B.C. Lions have hired Dennis McKnight as the new special teams coordinator.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-07-13T18:46:32.821775
      

unverified Dennis McKnight has been confirmed to lead the B.C. Lions' special teams department.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-07-13T18:46:32.821775
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-07-13T18:46:50.712684
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

B.C. Lions name McKnight special teams coordinator 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-07-13T18:01:54.559105
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-07-13T18:01:54.397995 ingested

payload

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2026-07-13T19:18:12.322563 bias_v2_scored

payload

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