Audit Trail · Article #2340975

Spruce Grove man charged after allegedly attempting to arrange sex with minor: ALERT

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-15T18:49:59 · ingested 2026-10-15T15:27:48.969612

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

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

      computed at 2026-10-15T15:27:48.969612
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.290 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-15T15:44:14.589855-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.290

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-15T15:33:10.462118

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) investigators arrested the 47-year-old man on Oct

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-15T15:27:48.985958
      

unverified 2 with the assistance of the Calgary Police Service, ALERT said in a Thursday news release

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-15T15:27:48.985958
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Spruce Grove man charged after allegedly attempting to arrange sex with minor: ALERT 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-15T15:27:48.977981
    

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)

2026-10-15T15:27:48.969612 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 13758
}

2026-10-15T15:44:14.589855 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.415,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.29,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.29
}

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