Audit Trail · Article #2479522

Byelection called in Brantford-Brant South - CTV News

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

published 2026-11-02T23:27:26 · ingested 2026-11-02T18:53:32.289555

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is a straightforward report on the by-election and does not contain any overtly biased language or slant.

      computed at 2026-11-02T18:53:32.289555
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.308 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T19:14:39.972761-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.308

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T19:19:34.270375

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T19:48:22.539162

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T19:14:13.264316

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true A byelection has been called in Brantford-Brant South

The article directly states the news and provides no conflicting information.

        A.X.I.O.M. · 2026-11-02T19:48:22.539162
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Byelection called in Brantford-Brant South - CTV News 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T18:53:32.292660
    

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)

2026-11-02T18:53:32.289555 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
}

2026-11-02T19:14:39.972761 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.44,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.308,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.308
}

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