Audit Trail · Article #2377082

New Brunswick legislature back in session - CTV News

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

published 2026-10-20T19:41:08.345720 · ingested 2026-10-20T17:41:08.345720

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

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

      computed at 2026-10-20T17:41:08.345720
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.281 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T17:52:40.036607-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.281

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T17:52:56.335612

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T17:52:09.728396

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (5)

unverified New Brunswick's legislative body is resuming its operations.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T17:52:13.629164
      

unverified The session was previously halted due to events or circumstances that require a break in the regular cycle of meetings.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T17:52:13.629164
      

unverified New Brunswick's legislative body has resumed its meetings.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T17:52:56.329407
      

unverified The provincial assembly is currently operating under the normal procedure of sitting again after a break.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T17:52:56.329407
      

unverified There have been no specific events or details provided in this article regarding when New Brunswick officially restarted its legislative sessions.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T17:52:56.329407
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Protest outside N.B. legislature - CTV News 8 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T17:41:08.130229
    

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)

2026-10-20T17:41:08.345720 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": 485
}

2026-10-20T17:52:40.036607 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.401,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.281,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.281
}

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