Audit Trail · Article #2440238

Houston Texans try to regroup at bye after getting off to 2-5 start

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)

published 2026-10-29T18:19:31 · ingested 2026-10-29T14:29:48.127374

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is neutral in tone but leans slightly towards the team and their situation, which might be seen as sympathetic.

Trigger phrases: try to regroupafter getting off to 2-5 start

      computed at 2026-10-29T14:29:48.127374
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

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

      computed at 2026-10-29T15:14:09.524313-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.268

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-29T14:35:04.385014

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-29T15:33:54.814847

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-29T14:32:56.190078

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Houston Texans try to regroup at bye after getting off to 2-5 start

The claim is directly stated in the article and does not require external verification.

        T.A.L.O.N. · 2026-10-29T15:33:54.814847
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Houston Texans try to regroup at bye after getting off to 2-5 start 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-29T14:29:48.137940
    

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)

2026-10-29T14:29:48.127374 ingested

payload

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  "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": 13761
}

2026-10-29T15:14:09.524313 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.382,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.268,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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