Audit Trail · Article #2419772

MLA says new liquor rules don’t go far enough on bootlegging

Source article ↗ · Cabin Radio · outlet lean: center · owner: Cabin Radio Ltd (independent)

published 2026-10-27T11:51:00 · ingested 2026-10-27T08:11:15.392812

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents a perspective critical of the new liquor rules, indicating an opinionated tone.

Trigger phrases: worries updates to the NWT's Liquor Act do not go far enough

      computed at 2026-10-27T08:20:28.972303
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.268 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T08:19:38.872149-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.268

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T08:27:57.933169

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-27T08:55:29.389259

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T08:20:28.972303

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Updates to the NWT's Liquor Act do not address bootlegging and impaired driving concerns sufficiently.

The MLA directly states this concern, providing a clear claim.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-27T08:55:29.389259
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

MLA says new liquor rules don’t go far enough on bootlegging 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T08:11:15.398851
    

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)

2026-10-27T08:11:15.392812 ingested

payload

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2026-10-27T08:19:38.872149 bias_v2_scored

payload

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