Audit Trail · Article #2431556

Police investigating after more plaques stolen in Colchester County

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

published 2026-10-28T20:24:47 · ingested 2026-10-28T16:40:08.704169

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article provides balanced coverage without evident bias, but the focus on theft could be perceived as negative.

Trigger phrases: police investigatingplaque stolen

      computed at 2026-10-28T17:02:50.256392
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.251 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T17:01:16.552237-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.251

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T17:02:50.256392

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T17:02:50.256392

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-28T17:02:50.256392

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Plaques reported stolen from Londonderry and Lower Onslow on Oct

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-28T16:40:08.734049
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Police investigating after more plaques stolen in Colchester County 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T16:40:08.715452
    

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)

2026-10-28T16:40:08.704169 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
}

2026-10-28T17:01:16.552237 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.359,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.251,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.251
}

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