Audit Trail · Article #2378110

B.C. Election: Leaders try to win over voters in Surrey and Vancouver Island as campaign winds down

Source article ↗ · Vancouver Sun · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T23:37:14 · ingested 2026-10-20T20:04:29.549380

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.09 vv3

triggers: ndp(-0.60×1), conservative(+0.50×1)

      computed at 2026-10-20T20:04:29.549380
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.559 confidence: 80% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T20:13:09.833747-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.234

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T20:13:52.925820

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)

unverified B.C. NDP's leadership campaign focuses on ridings it intends to retain.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T20:13:03.827170
      

unverified B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson concentrates on areas where his party might change hands.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T20:13:03.827170
      

unverified B.C. NDP focuses on ridings it wants to retain.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T20:13:52.830016
      

unverified B.C. Conservative spends time in places where their party believes they can flip.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-20T20:13:52.830016
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

B.C. Election: Leaders try to win over voters in Surrey and Vancouver Island as campaign winds down 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T20:04:29.555593
    

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)

2026-10-20T20:04:29.549380 ingested

payload

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2026-10-20T20:13:09.833747 bias_v2_scored

payload

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