Audit Trail · Article #2455563

Walkout creates chaos at St. James Smitty’s

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

published 2026-10-31T07:01:35 · ingested 2026-10-31T03:29:41.992346

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 100% vv3

The article presents a factual event without evident bias for or against any party involved.

      computed at 2026-10-31T03:54:35.255972
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.270 confidence: 39% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-31T03:54:39.811797-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.270

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-31T03:54:35.255972

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-31T03:54:35.255972

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-31T03:54:35.255972

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Gordon Sharpe encountered food service workers leaving without authorization.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-31T03:54:42.113921
      

unverified The workers were not authorized to leave their posts during a mealtime at St. James Smitty’s.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-31T03:54:42.113921
      

unverified This action disrupted the meal experience for visitors and staff alike.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-31T03:54:42.113921
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Walkout creates chaos at St. James Smitty’s 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-31T03:29:42.010771
    

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)

2026-10-31T03:29:41.992346 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
}

2026-10-31T03:54:39.811797 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.386,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.27,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.27
}

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