Audit Trail · Article #2486733

Oilers vets moved in and out of Babcock's dog house, one benched, one promoted for tonight's game

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-03T16:39:45 · ingested 2026-11-03T11:53:38.422109

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

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

The article presents a neutral stance on the situation with the Oilers veterans, focusing on factual statements without leaning towards bias.

Trigger phrases: went in opposite directionssitting out gamesback in the Oilers

      computed at 2026-11-03T11:53:38.422109
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 52% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T12:05:14.872024-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T12:06:41.967040

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T13:40:05.766004

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T12:03:04.368312

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Two Edmonton Oilers veterans, Trent Frederic and Jake Walman, are going in opposite directions.

The article explicitly states this fact.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-03T13:40:05.766004
      

true Jake Walman is back in the Oilers lineup after sitting out two games.

The article mentions that Jake Walman will play for tonight's game, implying he was benched previously.

        P.R.O.O.F. · 2026-11-03T13:40:05.766004
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Oilers vets moved in and out of Babcock's dog house, one benched, one promoted for tonight's game 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T11:53:38.438297
    

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)

2026-11-03T11:53:38.422109 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
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    "signal_detected": false
  },
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2026-11-03T12:05:14.872024 bias_v2_scored

payload

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