Audit Trail · Article #2469225

Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui wins matchup of past champions in NYC Marathon

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

published 2026-11-01T21:48:29 · ingested 2026-11-01T17:13:53.224911

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article focuses on the results of a marathon, which is a sporting event, and does not contain any political or controversial content that would suggest bias.

Trigger phrases: Sheila Chepkirui winsAndreas Almgren victorious

      computed at 2026-11-01T17:23:11.881667
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T17:19:04.212914-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-01T17:23:17.297049

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T17:56:19.275980

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T17:23:11.881667

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Sheila Chepkirui won the women's race for the second time in three years.

The article provides details about Chepkirui’s performance and mentions her previous victory.

        T.A.L.O.N. · 2026-11-01T17:56:19.275980
      

true Andreas Almgren of Sweden won his debut marathon at 26.2 miles.

Almgren's win is clearly stated, along with details about the race time and his debut status.

        T.A.L.O.N. · 2026-11-01T17:56:19.275980
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Andreas Almgren wins men’s race in NYC in marathon debut, Sheila Chepkirui wins women’s race 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-01T11:43:58.925224
    

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)

2026-11-01T17:13:53.224911 ingested

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2026-11-01T17:19:04.212914 bias_v2_scored

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