Audit Trail · Article #1408856

Progressive-left outlets report on Ontario wildfires, media coverage of climate change

Source article ↗ · iPolitics · outlet lean: center · owner: iPolitics Inc. (independent)

published 2026-07-31T04:00:14 · ingested 2026-07-31T04:24:09.682305

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

      computed at 2026-07-31T04:51:13.972612
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.689 confidence: 98% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-07-31T00:59:24.256428-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.689

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-07-31T04:51:13.972612

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-07-31T04:48:23.020721
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Progressive-left outlets report on Ontario wildfires, media coverage of climate change 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-07-31T04:24:09.959349
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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

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)

2026-07-31T04:24:09.682305 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: climate change(-0.15\u00d73), progressive(-0.18\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0
  },
  "source_id": 489
}

2026-07-31T04:59:24.256428 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.984,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.344,
  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": -0.689
}

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