Audit Trail · Article #2475655

Charlottetown woman dies after two-vehicle collision in New Brunswick

Source article ↗ · SaltWire Network · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (ex-SaltWire, 2024) (corporate)

published 2026-11-02T14:24:19 · ingested 2026-11-02T09:53:43.222404

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 95% vv3

The article is a straightforward news report with no evident bias or emotional language.

      computed at 2026-11-02T10:06:48.271889
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.267 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T10:06:34.570630-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.267

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T10:06:48.271889

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T10:06:48.271889

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T10:06:48.271889

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified A 56-year-old Charlottetown woman died last week after a two-vehicle collision in Portage, N.B

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-02T09:53:43.246571
      

unverified In a news release, the RCMP said that on Oct

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-02T09:53:43.246571
      

unverified 30 at about 8 p.m., members of the Shediac detachment responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision involving an SUV and a van on Route 15

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-02T09:53:43.246571
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Charlottetown woman dies after two-vehicle collision in New Brunswick 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T09:53:43.233981
    

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)

2026-11-02T09:53:43.222404 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": 13771
}

2026-11-02T10:06:34.570630 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.382,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.267,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.267
}

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