Audit Trail · Article #2366717

Cody Lightning brings hockey, community and raw storytelling to the silver screen with ‘Smudge the Blades’

Source article ↗ · Turtle Island News · outlet lean: center · owner: Turtle Island News (non_profit)

published 2026-10-19T20:06:26.395044 · ingested 2026-10-19T18:06:26.395044

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article provides a neutral overview of the film and its recognition, without expressing strong opinions or biases.

Trigger phrases: brings his second feature to the Toronto International Film FestivalBest Canadian Discovery Award includes a $10,000 CAD cash prize

      computed at 2026-10-19T18:45:41.237835
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 52% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:05:32.271001-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.100

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T18:45:41.237835

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-19T18:45:41.237835

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T18:45:41.237835

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified 12 as part of the festival’s Centrepiece programme

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-19T18:06:26.407394
      

unverified 20, it received the Best Canadian Discovery Award, which recognizes an emerging Canadian filmmaker whose first or second feature brings a distinctive voice to Canadian cinema

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-19T18:06:26.407394
      

unverified The award includes a $10,000 CAD cash prize

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-19T18:06:26.407394
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Cody Lightning brings hockey, community and raw storytelling to the silver screen with ‘Smudge the Blades’ 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T18:06:26.400727
    

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)

2026-10-19T18:06:26.395044 ingested

payload

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2026-10-19T20:05:32.271001 bias_v2_scored

payload

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