Audit Trail · Article #2388047

BC election 2026 results: Surrey-Newton

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

published 2026-10-22T04:01:26.734391 · ingested 2026-10-22T00:01:26.734391

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 100% vv3

The article provides factual information about the BC election results without leaning towards any political side.

      computed at 2026-10-22T00:05:45.233959
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.346 confidence: 49% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-22T00:06:26.128526-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.346

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-22T00:08:39.713815

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-22T00:08:39.713815

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-22T00:05:45.233959

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 · 2026-10-22T00:05:59.937404
      

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

The claim lacks any attribution or reference to verify its accuracy regarding the specific location and status of Surrey-Newton as a provincial riding.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-22T00:08:39.711436
      

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)

2026-10-22T00:01:26.734391 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 4
}

2026-10-22T00:06:26.128526 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.494,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.346,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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}

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