Audit Trail · Article #2468329

Liberals out-fundraise Conservatives by almost $1M in third quarter of 2026

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

published 2026-11-01T19:36:18 · ingested 2026-11-01T14:44:00.681555

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

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

The article highlights the Liberal Party's better fundraising performance, which could be seen as supporting left-wing parties.

Trigger phrases: out-fundraisealmost $1M

      computed at 2026-11-01T14:44:00.681555
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.574 confidence: 82% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T14:48:50.116032-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.072

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-01T14:48:57.013016

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T15:14:34.227186

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T14:48:57.013016

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Liberals out-fundraise Conservatives by almost $1M in third quarter of 2026

The claim is presented as a factual statement without additional context or analysis.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-01T15:14:34.227186
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Liberals out-fundraise Conservatives by almost $1M in third quarter of 2026 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-01T14:44:00.693244
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-11-01T14:44:00.681555 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "rationale": "triggers: liberals(-0.20\u00d73), conservatives(+0.50\u00d73)",
    "score": 0.429,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13761
}

2026-11-01T14:48:50.116032 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": -0.072,
  "label": "left",
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  "score": -0.574
}

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