Audit Trail · Article #2485086

Christmas parade debate to return to CBRM coucil - CTV News

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

published 2026-11-03T12:20:18 · ingested 2026-11-03T07:53:30.427783

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

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

The article reports on a local council debate, which suggests a neutral stance but the use of 'Christmas parade' might indicate a cultural or community perspective that leans left.

Trigger phrases: parade debateCBRM coucil

      computed at 2026-11-03T07:53:30.427783
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 35% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T08:47:01.177367-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T08:07:29.707075

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T09:12:43.867816

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T08:02:42.457038

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true The Christmas parade debate will return to CBRM council

The article directly states this and provides context, suggesting it is a verifiable local event.

        C.H.E.C.K. · 2026-11-03T09:12:43.867816
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Christmas parade debate to return to CBRM coucil - CTV News 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T07:53:30.432218
    

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)

2026-11-03T07:53:30.427783 ingested

payload

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  "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
}

2026-11-03T08:47:01.177367 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.0,
  "label": "center",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.0
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