Audit Trail · Article #2414039

Dan Kutcher takes the stage as P.E.I. Liberals kick off race to be the party of change

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

published 2026-10-26T13:09:04 · ingested 2026-10-26T09:40:10.885193

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: liberal party(-0.25×1), liberals(-0.20×3), liberal(-0.15×1)

Trigger phrases: Liberal Party of P.E.I.change candidate

      computed at 2026-10-26T09:40:10.885193
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.323 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-26T10:10:57.133459-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.661

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-26T09:59:26.850069

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: PE

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified In a speech to about 180 Liberal party supporters at the Delta hotel in Charlottetown on Oct

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-26T09:40:10.898416
      

unverified 25, Kutcher also made clear he is making a bid to become the “change” candidate for premier […]

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-26T09:40:10.898416
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Dan Kutcher takes the stage as P.E.I. Liberals kick off race to be the party of change 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-26T09:40:10.891426
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-26T09:40:10.885193 ingested

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2026-10-26T10:10:57.133459 bias_v2_scored

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