Audit Trail · Article #2468846

Liberals beat Conservatives in fundraising by almost $1-million in third quarter

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-11-01T20:59:01 · ingested 2026-11-01T16:13:53.103328

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.40 vv3

The article presents data favoring the Liberal Party and includes quotes from a Conservative leader criticizing the Prime Minister, which can be seen as biased against the Conservatives.

Trigger phrases: Liberals beat Conservativesusing the corporate power brokersunprecedented gusher of gifts

      computed at 2026-11-01T16:35:41.525471
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.606 confidence: 87% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T16:26:32.713274-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.034

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-01T16:35:41.525471

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T16:35:41.525471

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T16:35:41.525471

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Liberals beat Conservatives in fundraising by almost $1-million in third quarter

The article directly states this fact, which is a clear and quantifiable claim.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-01T16:25:52.714390
      

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

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)

2026-11-01T16:13:53.103328 ingested

payload

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2026-11-01T16:26:32.713274 bias_v2_scored

payload

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