Audit Trail · Article #2398168

P.E.I. PC party agent facing 42 charges related to donations

Source article ↗ · SaltWire Network · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (ex-SaltWire, 2024) (corporate)

published 2026-10-23T17:39:57.148161 · ingested 2026-10-23T13:39:57.148161

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article discusses a legal investigation involving a political party, which could be seen as impartial news reporting.

Trigger phrases: facing 42 chargesElections P.E.I.police

      computed at 2026-10-23T13:49:22.604633
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.364 confidence: 52% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-23T13:50:04.035713-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.417

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-23T13:49:22.604633

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-23T13:49:22.604633

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-23T13:49:22.604633

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-23T13:49:28.032129
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

P.E.I. PC party agent facing 42 charges related to donations 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-23T13:39:57.156249
    

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)

2026-10-23T13:39:57.148161 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center-right",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: conservative(+0.50\u00d71), progressive(-0.18\u00d71)",
    "score": 0.471,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

2026-10-23T13:50:04.035713 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.52,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.417,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.364
}

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