Audit Trail · Article #1567075

‘Vancouver Now’ shines light on local artists - CTV News

Source article ↗ · CTV News · outlet lean: center · owner: Bell Media (corporate)

published 2026-08-07T15:52:56 · ingested 2026-08-07T19:26:11.046200

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 70% vv3

The article title suggests a positive stance by highlighting 'shining light' on local artists, which could imply an underrepresentation of them in the media. However, without more context about the content and sources used, it's difficult to determine if this is a significant bias.

Trigger phrases: shines light

      computed at 2026-08-07T19:39:19.126459
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-08-07T21:27:17.710085+00:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.100

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-08-07T19:39:19.126459

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Vancouver hosting Rubik’s Cube BC Championship - CTV News 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-08-07T19:26:09.871726
    

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': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 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 · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-08-07T19:26:11.046200 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 defaulted center",
    "score": 0.0
  },
  "source_id": 485
}

2026-08-07T21:27:17.710085 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.481,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": -0.1,
  "label": "center",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.0
}

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