Audit Trail · Article #2480645

Ottawa Senators recall Sammy Blais, send Xavier Bourgault back to AHL Belleville

Source article ↗ · Ottawa Citizen · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-03T01:52:42 · ingested 2026-11-02T21:23:35.425865

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.20 vv3

The article presents factual information without a clear bias towards any particular viewpoint.

Trigger phrases: Ottawa Senatorsrecalled Sammy Blaissent Xavier Bourgault back to AHL Belleville

      computed at 2026-11-02T21:42:44.082596
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-02T21:42:11.367654-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-02T21:44:41.591246

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-02T21:54:01.185418

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-02T21:42:44.082596

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Sammy Blais has seven points in nine games with Belleville.

The article directly states this information.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-02T21:54:01.185418
      

true Xavier Bourgault struggled during his stint with the Senators.

The article mentions specific instances where Bourgault had limited ice time and a goal against due to a turnover.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-02T21:54:01.185418
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ottawa Senators recall Sammy Blais, send Xavier Bourgault back to AHL Belleville 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-02T21:23:35.434951
    

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)

2026-11-02T21:23:35.425865 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": 595
}

2026-11-02T21:42:11.367654 bias_v2_scored

payload

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