Audit Trail · Article #2374747

Health care, affordability and the economy are the priorities in N.B. throne speech

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T14:58:37.800641 · ingested 2026-10-20T12:58:37.800641

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-RIGHT score: 0.20 vv3

The article focuses on economic and health policies, which are typically associated with center-right political ideologies.

Trigger phrases: economyaffordabilityhealth care

      computed at 2026-10-20T13:08:26.127068
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T13:09:22.223242-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.100

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T13:10:18.244853

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-20T13:08:26.127068

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T13:08:26.127068

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T13:08:33.227391
      

unverified Health care is a priority for the New Brunswick government.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T13:10:18.238832
      

unverified New export markets outside the United States are priorities in the New Brunswick government's throne speech.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T13:10:18.238832
      

unverified Affordability and the economy are priorities in the New Brunswick government's throne speech.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T13:10:18.238832
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Health care, affordability and the economy are the priorities in N.B. throne speech 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T12:28:50.077347
    

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)

2026-10-20T12:58:37.800641 ingested

payload

{
  "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": 4
}

2026-10-20T13:09:22.223242 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.382,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.1,
  "label": "center",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.0
}

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