Audit Trail · Article #2478806

Former junior league hockey executive accused of child sexual exploitation

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

published 2026-11-02T22:22:14 · ingested 2026-11-02T17:23:29.281070

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.40 confidence: 70% vv3

The article focuses on a legal accusation, which could be seen as sensationalist and potentially harmful without verified facts.

Trigger phrases: accusedchallenged

      computed at 2026-11-02T17:36:57.772411
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 34% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T17:42:43.878491-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.200

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T17:36:57.772411

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T17:36:57.772411

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T17:36:57.772411

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Tyler King was charged in relation to his time as an executive on junior hockey team.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-02T17:36:58.069589
      

unverified The Alberta RCMP believes additional victims may live in B.C., Ontario and Saskatchewan.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-02T17:36:58.069589
      

unverified Child sexual exploitation is a significant concern.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-02T17:36:58.069589
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Former Okotoks Oilers assistant general manager charged with child sexual exploitation 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T16:53:37.819524
    

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)

2026-11-02T17:23:29.281070 ingested

payload

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2026-11-02T17:42:43.878491 bias_v2_scored

payload

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