Audit Trail · Article #2287688

Today in History

Source article ↗ · Turtle Island News · outlet lean: center · owner: Turtle Island News (non_profit)

published 2026-10-07T15:22:35 · ingested 2026-10-07T11:49:33.302598

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: indigenous(-0.25×1), first nations(-0.20×1), statistics canada(+0.00×1)

      computed at 2026-10-07T11:49:33.302598
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.289 confidence: 41% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-07T12:05:06.951005-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.356

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-07T12:00:05.264906

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Oct 4 In 2023, the federal government said it was putting $740,000 toward further assessing the feasibility of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-07T11:49:33.314589
      

unverified Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said more work needs to be done to figure out how a search can be undertaken

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-07T11:49:33.314589
      

unverified In 2023, a new Statistics Canada report said that between 2009 and 2021, Indigenous women and girls were killed at a rate six times higher than that of women and girls who were not Indigenous

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-07T11:49:33.314589
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Today in History 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-07T11:49:33.307976
    

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)

2026-10-07T11:49:33.302598 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: indigenous(-0.25\u00d71), first nations(-0.20\u00d71), statistics canada(+0.00\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 14343
}

2026-10-07T12:05:06.951005 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.413,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.356,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.289
}

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