Audit Trail · Article #2358387

YUKONOMIST: Supplementary budget holds the line, for now

Source article ↗ · Yukon News · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Black Press Media (corporate)

published 2026-10-18T10:54:02.158079 · ingested 2026-10-18T08:54:02.158079

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.40 confidence: 85% vv3

The article presents a critical view of the Yukon's financial situation, suggesting past mismanagement has led to current constraints.

Trigger phrases: Bad decisionscatching up

      computed at 2026-10-18T08:54:02.158079
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-18T08:56:10.744849-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-18T08:56:25.449849

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-18T11:37:45.347048

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-18T08:56:25.449849

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

mixed Bad decisions over the last decade keep catching up with the Yukon

While this statement suggests past financial mismanagement, it lacks specific examples or data to verify the claim.

        V.E.T. · 2026-10-18T11:37:45.347048
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

YUKONOMIST: Supplementary budget holds the line, for now 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-18T08:54:02.163201
    

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': 1, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (1 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 · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-18T08:54:02.158079 ingested

payload

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2026-10-18T08:56:10.744849 bias_v2_scored

payload

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