Audit Trail · Article #2427423

Shelburne County Business Excellence Awards presented

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

published 2026-10-28T10:40:12 · ingested 2026-10-28T06:51:17.853668

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 100% vv3

The article is a factual report on an event and does not express any particular bias.

      computed at 2026-10-28T06:51:17.853668
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.254 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T06:53:34.096500-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.254

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T06:54:02.906433

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T07:30:46.141893

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-28T06:54:02.906433

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Shelburne County business community was celebrated during an evening gala at the Barrington RecPlex on Oct. 22 where the 2026 Business Excellence Awards were presented.

The event details are provided and seem to be a factual report of a local business award ceremony.

        C.O.N.D.U.I.T. · 2026-10-28T07:30:46.141893
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Shelburne County Business Excellence Awards presented 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T06:51:17.861845
    

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)

2026-10-28T06:51:17.853668 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
}

2026-10-28T06:53:34.096500 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.362,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.254,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.254
}

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