Audit Trail · Article #2388045

BC election 2026 results: Surrey-Serpentine River

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-10-22T04:01:26.543992 · ingested 2026-10-22T00:01:26.543992

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 100% vv3

The article is a straightforward reporting of election results without any clear bias towards a particular political stance.

Trigger phrases: BC election 2026 resultsSurrey-Serpentine River

      computed at 2026-10-22T00:07:46.480559
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.335 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-22T00:06:34.530376-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.335

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-22T00:09:10.827886

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-22T00:09:10.827886

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-22T00:07:46.480559

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-22T00:08:03.783344
      

unverified Surrey-Serpentine River is a provincial riding located in the region.

The claim lacks specific details or attribution to support its accuracy. While this may be true, there is no provided source or established fact to verify it.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-22T00:09:10.824858
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

BC election 2026 results: Abbotsford South 64 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-21T20:02:52.438021
    

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)

2026-10-22T00:01:26.543992 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": 4
}

2026-10-22T00:06:34.530376 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.479,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.335,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.335
}

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