Audit Trail · Article #2405343

Halloween party for special needs kids brought back from the dead

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-24T23:49:41 · ingested 2026-10-24T20:20:43.010880

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.90 confidence: 70% vv3

The article is clearly biased towards the disabled community and downplays the efforts of the original organizer, which could be seen as promoting an unrealistic idealized version of inclusivity.

Trigger phrases: It appeared a four-year traditionResidents of 10a Street. N.W.banded together to bring the inclusive trick-or-treat event back from the grave

      computed at 2026-10-24T20:26:41.825049
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.255 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-24T20:25:30.732839-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.255

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-24T20:26:41.825049

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-24T20:26:41.825049

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-24T20:26:41.825049

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified The Halloween street party for disabled kids in Kensington was brought back to life by a group of residents.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-24T20:26:54.078552
      

unverified Residents organized an inclusive trick-or-treat event after the original organizer stepped back.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-24T20:26:54.078552
      

unverified A community effort restored the tradition that had been on hold.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-24T20:26:54.078552
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Halloween party for special needs kids brought back from the dead 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-24T20:20:43.020422
    

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)

2026-10-24T20:20:43.010880 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": 13757
}

2026-10-24T20:25:30.732839 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.365,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
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  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": -0.255
}

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