Audit Trail · Article #2465357

Michiganders slammed by historic political ad spend ready for midterms to end

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

published 2026-11-01T11:00:16 · ingested 2026-11-01T06:13:59.032005

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

RIGHT score: 1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: slammed(+0.15×3)

Trigger phrases: slammed by historic political ad spend

      computed at 2026-11-01T06:13:59.032005
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.355 confidence: 51% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T07:44:13.318556-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

RIGHT score: 0.677

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T06:22:17.459863

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Michiganders slammed by historic political ad spend ready for midterms to end 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-01T06:13:59.042428
    

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)

2026-11-01T06:13:59.032005 ingested

payload

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}

2026-11-01T07:44:13.318556 bias_v2_scored

payload

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