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A Montreal man on the run from authorities takes pet raccoon for rabies vaccination

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)
published 2026-10-26T19:19:28 · ingested 2026-10-26T15:33:49.034843
Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.
CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3
The article presents a neutral event without obvious bias, but it could lean towards sensationalism by focusing on an unusual incident.
Trigger phrases: on the run from authoritiespet raccoon
computed at 2026-10-26T16:14:20.491849
ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)
RIGHT score: 0.275 confidence: 39% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3
computed at 2026-10-26T16:12:50.899965-04:00
Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)
CENTER RIGHT score: 0.275
Analysis Tier
Tier: quick_v1+full
Tier-1 at: 2026-10-26T16:14:20.491849
Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T21:01:23.127819
AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-26T16:14:20.491849
Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.
Country: CA
Province: QC
Scope: provincial
Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)
true A Montreal man is on the run from authorities
The article directly states this fact.
V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-30T21:01:23.127819
true The man took his pet raccoon for a rabies vaccination
This detail is explicitly mentioned in the article.
V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-30T21:01:23.127819
Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.
A Montreal man on the run from authorities takes pet raccoon for rabies vaccination 2 articles across outlets
clustered at 2026-10-26T15:33:49.043235
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)
  1. ingested
    payload 
    {
  "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": 13761
}
  2. bias_v2_scored
    payload 
    {
  "confidence": 0.394,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.275,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.275
}
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