Audit Trail · Article #2367193

Vaughn Palmer: NDP trots out vote-splitting warning, Green leader pushes back strongly

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

published 2026-10-19T22:36:00.024879 · ingested 2026-10-19T20:36:00.024879

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.40 vv3

The article presents a left-wing perspective, focusing on the NDP's attempt to appeal to progressive voters and the Green Party leader's pushback.

Trigger phrases: NDP trots outvote-splitting warningGreen leader pushes back strongly

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:54:09.672924
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.433 confidence: 62% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T20:51:45.972100-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.717

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T20:54:20.886168

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-19T20:54:09.672924

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T20:54:09.672924

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified The NDP is warning voters not to vote Green.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T20:54:24.673012
      

unverified Eby attempted to demonstrate that he is no pushover during the TV debate.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T20:54:24.673012
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Vaughn Palmer: NDP trots out vote-splitting warning, Green leader pushes back strongly 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T20:36:00.039642
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-19T20:36:00.024879 ingested

payload

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2026-10-19T20:51:45.972100 bias_v2_scored

payload

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