Audit Trail · Article #2469921

Minister backs 2027 fixed election date as Elections Alberta suggests change

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-11-02T00:03:06 · ingested 2026-11-01T19:13:50.009143

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article presents a balanced view by including both the minister's stance and Elections Alberta’s suggestion, but leans slightly towards government support.

Trigger phrases: Minister backs 2027 fixed election dateAlberta’s fixed election date is established by law

      computed at 2026-11-01T19:38:38.603553
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.340 confidence: 48% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-01T19:30:32.216248-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.330

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-01T19:38:38.603553

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T19:38:38.603553

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-01T19:38:38.603553

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified A contentious report is set to be released this week on new electoral boundaries that the NDP previously said gerrymanders ridings in two cities.

Rule-based: source_credibility=True, has_stat=False, hedged=True

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-01T19:13:50.033172
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Minister backs 2027 fixed election date as Elections Alberta suggests change 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-01T19:13:50.022906
    

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)

2026-11-01T19:13:50.009143 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: ndp(-0.60\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 4
}

2026-11-01T19:30:32.216248 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.485,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.33,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.34
}

Every signal computed about this article, with timestamps. Source for the transparency promise behind our methodology.