Audit Trail · Article #2479287

Fredericton operating budget goes to council - CTV News

Source article ↗ · CTV News · outlet lean: center · owner: Bell Media (corporate)

published 2026-11-02T22:27:56 · ingested 2026-11-02T18:23:31.495930

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 confidence: 85% vv3

The article is a straightforward news report with no evident bias or advocacy for a particular viewpoint.

      computed at 2026-11-02T18:23:31.495930
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.258 confidence: 37% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T18:39:50.172794-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.258

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T18:40:10.785390

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T19:01:20.727623

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T18:40:10.785390

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: NB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Fredericton operating budget goes to council

This claim is directly stated in the title and body of the article, indicating that it is a factual statement.

        C.O.N.D.U.I.T. · 2026-11-02T19:01:20.727623
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Fredericton operating budget goes to council - CTV News 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T18:23:31.499719
    

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)

2026-11-02T18:23:31.495930 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": 485
}

2026-11-02T18:39:50.172794 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.369,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.258,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.258
}

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