Audit Trail · Article #2360583

Violent protests rock France ahead of spring presidential elections

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-10-18T20:49:35 · ingested 2026-10-18T18:15:55.877578

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article provides a factual report without expressing clear bias towards either the protesters or the police, maintaining an objective stance.

      computed at 2026-10-18T18:39:20.944044
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.335 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-18T18:39:34.150790-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.335

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-18T18:39:20.944044

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-18T18:39:20.944044

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: FR

Province: —

Scope: international

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Some 2,000 protesters were arrested.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-18T18:39:23.609897
      

unverified Over 600 police officers and firefighters were injured.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-18T18:39:23.609897
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Violent protests rock France ahead of spring presidential elections 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-18T18:15:55.885733
    

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)

2026-10-18T18:15:55.877578 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": 488
}

2026-10-18T18:39:34.150790 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
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  "label": "left",
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}

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