Audit Trail · Article #2478231

Election Day — P.E.I. voters go to the polls for municipal elections Nov. 2

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

published 2026-11-02T20:49:07 · ingested 2026-11-02T15:53:43.561220

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 95% vv3

The article provides factual information without明显偏向任何政治立场。

      computed at 2026-11-02T15:53:43.561220
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.278 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T16:16:45.270538-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.139

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T16:15:51.673467

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T16:30:23.483168

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T16:15:51.673467

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NS

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true P.E.I. voters went to the polls for municipal elections on November 2.

The article directly states this information.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-02T16:30:23.483168
      

true Some residents knew who will represent them in their next municipal government as many councillors and mayors were acclaimed.

This is a direct quote from the article, indicating that some positions were filled without an election.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-02T16:30:23.483168
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Election Day — P.E.I. voters go to the polls for municipal elections Nov. 2 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T15:53:43.568759
    

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)

2026-11-02T15:53:43.561220 ingested

payload

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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": 13771
}

2026-11-02T16:16:45.270538 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "label": "right",
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