Audit Trail · Article #2043452

MP Cathay Wagantall officially becomes 10th MP to resign this year - CTV News

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

published 2026-09-01T15:01:04 · ingested 2026-09-01T18:46:32.832909

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article reports a negative event (MP resignation) but does not include any subjective language or strong opinions that would indicate a significant bias.

Trigger phrases: 10th MP to resign

      computed at 2026-09-01T19:02:25.115371
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.301 confidence: 43% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-09-01T15:59:26.640838-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.050

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-09-01T19:02:25.115371

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: national

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true MP Cathay Wagantall officially becomes 10th MP to resign this year CTV News

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-09-01T18:46:33.289009
      

true MP Cathay Wagantall officially becomes 10th MP to resign this year

The statement is a factual and accurate representation of the news article provided. It correctly mentions that MP Cathay Wagantall has become the 10th Member of Parliament (MP) to resign in 2023.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-01T22:11:45.074753
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

MP Cathay Wagantall officially becomes 10th MP to resign this year 4 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-09-01T14:04:35.986247
    

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)

2026-09-01T18:46:32.832909 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
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  },
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2026-09-01T19:59:26.640838 bias_v2_scored

payload

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