Audit Trail · Article #2476112

Missing 14-year-old found safe, Ottawa police say

Source article ↗ · Nunatsiaq News · outlet lean: center-left · owner: Nortext Publishing (independent)

published 2026-11-02T15:26:28 · ingested 2026-11-02T10:54:14.028143

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article presents factual information without any bias, but leans slightly towards a neutral tone that could be perceived as lacking in emotional weight given the nature of the story.

Trigger phrases: found safereported missing

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ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.266 confidence: 38% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T11:14:03.992855-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.266

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T11:15:34.499651

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T11:15:34.499651

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T11:15:34.499651

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in Ottawa in the 1000 block of Gladstone Avenue last week has been found “safe and sound,” police say

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

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Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Missing 14-year-old found safe, Ottawa police say 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T10:54:14.044164
    

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)

2026-11-02T10:54:14.028143 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": 14336
}

2026-11-02T11:14:03.992855 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.379,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.266,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.266
}

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