Audit Trail · Article #2379746

B.C. Election: Big jump in voters wanting change is the 'kiss of death' for NDP leader David Eby, says pollster

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

published 2026-10-21T01:57:57.142160 · ingested 2026-10-20T23:57:57.142160

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.50 vv3

The article highlights the declining support for the NDP and emphasizes the pollster’s prediction, which is unfavorable to David Eby's party.

Trigger phrases: kiss of deathworst day

      computed at 2026-10-21T00:02:14.673123
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.376 confidence: 54% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-21T00:00:39.130023-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.094

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-21T00:02:14.673123

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-21T00:02:14.673123

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-21T00:02:14.673123

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T00:02:24.363631
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

B.C. Election: Big jump in voters wanting change is the 'kiss of death' for NDP leader David Eby, says pollster 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T23:57:57.152892
    

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': 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)

2026-10-20T23:57:57.142160 ingested

payload

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2026-10-21T00:00:39.130023 bias_v2_scored

payload

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