Audit Trail · Article #2243831

Your tax dollars at work

Source article ↗ · The Hub · outlet lean: center-right · owner: The Hub Canada (independent)

published 2026-10-02T13:05:28 · ingested 2026-10-02T09:18:06.617690

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents a factual overview without expressing strong political positions, but the tone suggests a slightly critical view of government spending.

Trigger phrases: your tax dollars at work

      computed at 2026-10-02T09:27:00.090590
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.312 confidence: 45% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-02T09:27:22.699346-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.312

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-02T09:27:54.733649

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-02T09:27:00.090590

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-02T09:27:00.090590

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-02T09:27:01.833687
      

unverified (no factual claims extracted)

(model returned no claims for this article)

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-02T09:27:54.588542
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Your tax dollars at work 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-02T09:18:06.621545
    

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)

2026-10-02T09:18:06.617690 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 14347
}

2026-10-02T09:27:22.699346 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.446,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.312,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.312
}

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