Audit Trail · Article #2381082

Brandon senior hockey player files suit against opponent, league, Hockey Manitoba over serious injuries, lost income

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)

published 2026-10-21T07:01:10 · ingested 2026-10-21T03:16:47.713081

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article is reporting on a legal dispute, which often carries a neutral tone but here it leans slightly towards the negative due to the mention of lost income and serious injuries.

Trigger phrases: suffered serious injurieslost income

      computed at 2026-10-21T03:21:27.134212
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.293 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-21T03:21:45.231994-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.293

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-21T03:21:27.134212

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-21T03:21:27.134212

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-21T03:21:27.134212

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Brandon man is taking a fellow hockey player and two sport organizations to court over serious injuries.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T03:21:31.427120
      

unverified The alleged cause of the injury is said to have caused hardship and lost income.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T03:21:31.427120
      

unverified A Brandon senior hockey player has filed a lawsuit against an opponent, league, and Hockey Manitoba.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-21T03:21:31.427120
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Brandon senior hockey player files suit against opponent, league, Hockey Manitoba over serious injuries, lost income 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-21T03:16:47.720875
    

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': 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)

2026-10-21T03:16:47.713081 ingested

payload

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  "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": 13761
}

2026-10-21T03:21:45.231994 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
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