Audit Trail · Article #2422616

Ottawa Rapid FC premiering new docuseries - CTV News

Source article ↗ · CTV News · outlet lean: center · owner: Bell Media (corporate)

published 2026-10-27T21:40:35 · ingested 2026-10-27T18:39:42.330047

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 90% vv3

The article is a neutral announcement about a soccer team's new content, without any clear political bias.

      computed at 2026-10-27T18:39:42.330047
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.247 confidence: 35% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T18:56:30.904280-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.247

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T19:46:13.725655

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-27T20:52:09.094975

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T19:46:13.725655

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Ottawa Rapid FC is premiering a new docuseries

The article directly states this fact without any contradictory information.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-10-27T20:52:09.094975
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ottawa Rapid FC premiering new docuseries - CTV News 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T18:39:42.332933
    

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)

2026-10-27T18:39:42.330047 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": 485
}

2026-10-27T18:56:30.904280 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.352,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.247,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.247
}

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