Audit Trail · Article #2422311

Truro Legion's annual poppy campaign underway

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

published 2026-10-27T21:03:31.777029 · ingested 2026-10-27T17:03:31.777029

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article focuses on the local impact and community support provided by the poppy campaign, potentially downplaying broader national efforts.

Trigger phrases: Donations stay in the communitysupports local veterans

      computed at 2026-10-27T17:13:17.230020
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.279 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T17:12:48.441319-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.279

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T17:13:17.230020

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-27T17:13:17.230020

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T17:13:17.230020

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Donations from Truro Legion's annual poppy campaign support veterans, their families, and youth.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-27T17:13:17.431842
      

unverified The campaign aims to preserve donations in the community for the benefit of veterans and their families.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-27T17:13:17.431842
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Inuvik Legion begins centenary poppy campaign with ceremonies planned 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T15:37:35.792130
    

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': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 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 · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-27T17:03:31.777029 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": 13771
}

2026-10-27T17:12:48.441319 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.399,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.279,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.279
}

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