Audit Trail · Article #2367504

Milliard vows Quebec Liberals will oppose a PQ independence referendum 'in every way possible'

Source article ↗ · Montreal Gazette · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-19T23:18:18.257116 · ingested 2026-10-19T21:18:18.257116

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: liberals(-0.20×3)

Trigger phrases: opposein every way possible

      computed at 2026-10-19T21:18:18.257116
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.358 confidence: 51% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T21:20:45.774233-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.321

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T21:25:42.243500

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T21:25:42.243500

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: QC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Quebec Liberal Party will oppose a possible Quebec sovereignty referendum in every way possible.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T21:25:49.860486
      

unverified Premier-designate vow to show genuineness by addressing 'English-speaking friends' concerns about the language of instruction at CEGEPs.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T21:25:49.860486
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Milliard vows Quebec Liberals will oppose a PQ independence referendum 'in every way possible' 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T21:18:18.261467
    

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': 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)

2026-10-19T21:18:18.257116 ingested

payload

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2026-10-19T21:20:45.774233 bias_v2_scored

payload

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