Audit Trail · Article #2348910

Vaughn Palmer: Another secret comes back to bite NDP's David Eby

Source article ↗ · Vancouver Sun · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-16T23:26:26 · ingested 2026-10-16T19:57:46.650750

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.60 vv3

The article portrays the NDP as secretive and untrustworthy, which is a common tactic used by right-leaning media to criticize left-wing parties.

Trigger phrases: Another secret comes back to biteNew Democrats have been working in secretsecretive

      computed at 2026-10-16T20:04:03.616730
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.402 confidence: 57% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-16T20:00:45.454220-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.701

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-16T20:04:03.616730

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-16T20:04:03.616730

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-16T20:04:03.616730

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified The NDP apparently learned nothing from the uproar over an earlier deal.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-16T20:04:16.838693
      

unverified The plan was laid out in confidential documents leaked to Northern Beat, an online publication.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-16T20:04:16.838693
      

unverified Premier David Eby's government says it cannot afford to pay compensation due to 'ongoing fiscal restraints,' meaning the record debt and deficits accumulated under him.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-16T20:04:16.838693
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Vaughn Palmer: Another secret comes back to bite NDP's David Eby 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-16T19:57:46.659041
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-16T19:57:46.650750 ingested

payload

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2026-10-16T20:00:45.454220 bias_v2_scored

payload

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