Audit Trail · Article #2449414

Boy in stable condition after running onto road, getting hit by car in east end

Source article ↗ · Ottawa Citizen · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-30T16:26:33 · ingested 2026-10-30T12:29:44.166970

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.10 confidence: 90% vv3

The article presents factual information without evident bias or sensationalism.

      computed at 2026-10-30T12:29:44.166970
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.238 confidence: 34% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-30T12:46:56.220684-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.238

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-30T12:31:00.201441

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T12:45:46.715204

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true A boy was struck by the side mirror of a car, according to first responders.

The claim is directly reported from first responders and appears factual.

        F.A.C.T.O.I.D. · 2026-10-30T12:45:46.715204
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Boy in stable condition after running onto road, getting hit by car in east end 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-30T12:29:44.176004
    

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)

2026-10-30T12:29:44.166970 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": 595
}

2026-10-30T12:46:56.220684 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.34,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.238,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.238
}

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