Audit Trail · Article #2402606

Man City’s perfect start to Premier League season ends with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa

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

published 2026-10-24T14:25:12.451181 · ingested 2026-10-24T10:25:12.451181

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides a factual recount of the football match without expressing any strong opinion or bias.

Trigger phrases: perfect startloss at Aston Villa

      computed at 2026-10-24T10:25:12.451181
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.254 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-24T10:30:37.733851-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.254

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-24T10:31:52.548947

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-31T17:13:28.214227

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-24T10:31:52.548947

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Man City’s perfect start to Premier League season ends with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa

The claim is directly supported by the title and body of the article, which report the match result.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-10-31T17:13:28.214227
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Man City’s perfect start to Premier League season ends with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-24T10:25:12.529286
    

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)

2026-10-24T10:25:12.451181 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
  },
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}

2026-10-24T10:30:37.733851 bias_v2_scored

payload

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