Audit Trail · Article #2442260

Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek and X-Men star with Vancouver ties, dies at 86

Source article ↗ · Vancouver Sun · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-29T22:42:15 · ingested 2026-10-29T18:59:44.906377

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

The article is a straightforward news report without any evident bias in favor or against the subject, Sir Patrick Stewart.

      computed at 2026-10-29T20:27:28.315580
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

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

      computed at 2026-10-29T19:30:41.313482-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.268

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-29T20:27:28.315580

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-29T20:27:28.315580

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-29T20:27:28.315580

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified The acclaimed British stage and screen actor filmed two X-Men movies in Vancouver and even enjoyed an artist-in-residence stay at Simon Fraser University back in 1977

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-29T18:59:44.922170
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart dead at 86 10 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-29T15:59:36.090182
    

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)

2026-10-29T18:59:44.906377 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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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": 593
}

2026-10-29T19:30:41.313482 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.268,
  "label": "left",
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