Audit Trail · Article #2416206

Hard to play against, now hard to beat: The rise of Calgary Dinos' soccer teams

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

published 2026-10-26T22:45:34 · ingested 2026-10-26T19:23:58.712667

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides a balanced view but slightly favors the Dinos' achievements, which could be seen as promotional.

Trigger phrases: hard to play againstrivalry carried off the field

      computed at 2026-10-26T20:27:20.742688
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.282 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-26T19:43:06.198516-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.282

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-26T20:36:31.388405

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-26T20:36:31.388405

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-26T20:27:20.742688

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true The Dinos women's and men's soccer teams have finished first in Canada West's Prairie Division for the first time in the same year.

This claim is directly stated in the article and there are no contradictory sources provided. The context suggests this is a factual statement about recent performance of the Dinos soccer teams.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-26T20:36:31.383825
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Hard to play against, now hard to beat: The rise of Calgary Dinos' soccer teams 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-26T19:23:58.719325
    

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)

2026-10-26T19:23:58.712667 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
}

2026-10-26T19:43:06.198516 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
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