Audit Trail · Article #2421610

'Undermining the very profession': Alberta Teachers' Association gives province straight Ds one year after historic strike

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-27T19:34:36 · ingested 2026-10-27T15:37:13.367152

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.40 vv3

The article presents the perspective of a teachers' union, which is critical of the government's actions and gives them low grades. The language used, such as 'undermining the very profession,' suggests a negative bias.

Trigger phrases: Undermining the very professionstraight Ds

      computed at 2026-10-27T15:49:49.675117
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.241 confidence: 34% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T15:48:09.724718-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.380

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T15:49:49.675117

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-27T15:49:49.675117

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T15:49:49.675117

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified ATA President Jason Schilling says union still hears of overcrowding, especially at the high school level, where there have been reports of 37 students in a single class

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-27T15:37:13.382577
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

'Undermining the very profession': Alberta Teachers' Association gives province straight Ds one year after historic strike 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T15:37:13.375632
    

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)

2026-10-27T15:37:13.367152 ingested

payload

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    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13758
}

2026-10-27T15:48:09.724718 bias_v2_scored

payload

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