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Stampeders in CFL’s Week 21: Calgary's playoff fate rests with Lions in awkward reality to close out regular season

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)
published 2026-10-20T21:46:15 · ingested 2026-10-20T18:23:29.423610
Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.
CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3
The article presents a slightly negative tone by highlighting that the Stampeders' good performance in the final games wasn't enough to secure their playoff spot, which is an unfavorable situation.
Trigger phrases: wasn't enoughclose out
computed at 2026-10-20T18:35:09.527078
ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)
CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3
computed at 2026-10-20T18:35:05.128637-04:00
Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)
CENTER score: 0.000
Analysis Tier
Tier: quick_v1
Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T18:37:03.015110
Tier-2 at: 2026-10-20T18:35:09.527078
AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T18:35:09.527078
Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.
Country: CA
Province: AB
Scope: provincial
Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)
unverified The Stamps' playoff fate is tied with the Lions in Week 21 of the CFL regular season.
fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T18:35:16.426669
unverified The Stamps finished their regular season by winning four out of five games.
fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T18:35:16.426669
unverified The Stamps finished their regular season by winning four of the final five games.
V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T18:37:03.006569
unverified That wasn't enough to control their destiny as the CFL regular season wraps up this week.
V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T18:37:03.006569
Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.
Stampeders in CFL’s Week 21: Calgary's playoff fate rests with Lions in awkward reality to close out regular season 1 article across outlets
clustered at 2026-10-20T18:23:29.432814
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': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 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 · 3 events tracked
Raw Audit Trail (2 events)
  1. ingested
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  2. bias_v2_scored
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