Audit Trail · Article #2469056

Ottawa police seek assistance in search for missing 14-year-old girl

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

published 2026-11-01T21:29:10 · ingested 2026-11-01T16:43:57.081960

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.10 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is neutral in tone and does not contain any obvious bias or slant towards a particular viewpoint.

Trigger phrases: Ottawa police saidpublic assistance sought

      computed at 2026-11-01T16:43:57.081960
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.247 confidence: 35% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T17:20:49.516612-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.247

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-01T17:25:08.275141

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T18:02:59.025295

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T17:25:08.275141

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 14-year-old girl was missing and later found safe and sound.

The article directly states the outcome, and there are no contradictory claims provided.

        E.C.H.O. · 2026-11-01T18:02:59.025295
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ottawa police seek assistance in search for missing 14-year-old girl 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-01T16:43:57.089538
    

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)

2026-11-01T16:43:57.081960 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
}

2026-11-01T17:20:49.516612 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.352,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.247,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.247
}

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