Audit Trail · Article #2477741

ASIRT probes highway arrests after trade school homicide

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-02T19:40:52 · ingested 2026-11-02T14:53:37.654157

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.20 vv3

The article is neutral in its reporting, providing factual information without overt bias or opinion.

Trigger phrases: Alberta Serious Incident Response Teaminvestigating

      computed at 2026-11-02T14:57:49.494944
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.311 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T15:24:46.277773-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.256

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T14:57:49.494944

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T14:57:49.494944

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Alberta Serious Incident Response Team said it was investigating after two of the men were injured following a police pursuit

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-02T14:53:37.682422
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

ASIRT probes highway arrests after trade school homicide 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T14:53:37.668372
    

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)

2026-11-02T14:53:37.654157 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 13758
}

2026-11-02T15:24:46.277773 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.256,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.311
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