Audit Trail · Article #2368758

These are the Calgary polling stations open late in the Alberta referendum - CTV News

Source article ↗ · CTV News · outlet lean: center · owner: Bell Media (corporate)

published 2026-10-19T22:37:21 · ingested 2026-10-20T00:30:07.823909

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

Trigger phrases: CTV News

      computed at 2026-10-20T00:30:07.823909
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.338 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T00:38:16.769971-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.338

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T00:40:44.410655

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-20T00:40:44.410655

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T00:31:53.333964

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified (no factual claims extracted)

(model returned no claims for this article)

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T00:40:44.408191
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Voting day in Alberta referendum - CTV News 12 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T20:35:49.967965
    

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)

2026-10-20T00:30:07.823909 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 485
}

2026-10-20T00:38:16.769971 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.483,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.338,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.338
}

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