Audit Trail · Article #2328672

‘He was a big character’: Friend remembers Guelph, Ont. pilot, business owner killed in plane crash near Fergus - CTV News

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

published 2026-10-13T13:31:19 · ingested 2026-10-13T15:10:29.678995

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 70% vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

Trigger phrases: big character

      computed at 2026-10-13T15:10:29.678995
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.304 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-13T17:10:51.428693-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.304

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-13T17:41:39.404025

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-13T16:59:03.691176

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Guelph, Ont. pilot and business owner was a big character

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-13T17:41:39.400013
      

unverified A plane crash occurred near Fergus

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-13T17:41:39.400013
      

unverified The incident resulted in the death of a Guelph man

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-13T17:41:39.400013
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

‘He was a big character’: Friend remembers Guelph, Ont. pilot, business owner killed in plane crash near Fergus - CTV News 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-13T15:10:29.683772
    

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)

2026-10-13T15:10:29.678995 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": 485
}

2026-10-13T17:10:51.428693 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.435,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.304,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.304
}

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