Audit Trail · Article #2375981

Liberal government to table budget on Nov. 5

Source article ↗ · CBC English Top Stories · outlet lean: center-left · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-10-20T17:29:28.429379 · ingested 2026-10-20T15:29:28.429379

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: liberal(-0.15×3)

Trigger phrases: Liberal government

      computed at 2026-10-20T15:29:28.429379
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.379 confidence: 54% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T15:41:04.519494-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.310

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T15:42:00.492058

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T15:32:06.029329

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified The finance minister has announced that the government's latest budget will be presented on November 5th.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T15:42:00.489068
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Liberal government to table budget on Nov. 5 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T15:29:28.437277
    

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)

2026-10-20T15:29:28.429379 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "rationale": "triggers: liberal(-0.15\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 1
}

2026-10-20T15:41:04.519494 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.31,
  "label": "right",
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}

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