Audit Trail · Article #1567037

Used Hercules military aircraft to be sold, turned into waterbombers

Source article ↗ · CBC English Top Stories · outlet lean: center-left · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-08-07T18:47:53 · ingested 2026-08-07T19:25:52.061835

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

      computed at 2026-08-07T19:47:28.807759
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.354 confidence: 50% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-08-07T17:28:39.477776-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.354

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-08-07T19:47:28.807759

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr announced the Canadian government will sell 10 of its used C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.

Rule-based: source_credibility=True, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-08-07T19:25:52.606905
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-08-07T21:41:47.030464
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Used Hercules military aircraft to be sold, turned into waterbombers 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-08-07T19:25:52.275504
    

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)

2026-08-07T19:25:52.061835 ingested

payload

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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 defaulted center",
    "score": 0.0
  },
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}

2026-08-07T21:28:39.477776 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.177,
  "label": "right",
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