Audit Trail · Article #2429112

Farmer finds possible historic explosive munition in P.E.I. potato field

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

published 2026-10-28T14:43:38 · ingested 2026-10-28T11:11:07.952560

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

The article provides factual information without obvious bias or emotional language.

      computed at 2026-10-28T11:17:40.648265
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

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

      computed at 2026-10-28T11:15:29.053614-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.268

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T11:17:40.648265

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T11:17:40.648265

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-28T11:17:40.648265

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified In a news release, the RCMP said that on Oct

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T11:11:08.151133
      

unverified 27 at around 10 a.m., East Prince RCMP responded to a call in North Bedeque about an object believed to be an […]

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T11:11:08.151133
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Farmer finds possible historic explosive munition in P.E.I. potato field 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T11:11:08.052541
    

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)

2026-10-28T11:11:07.952560 ingested

payload

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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 13771
}

2026-10-28T11:15:29.053614 bias_v2_scored

payload

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