Audit Trail · Article #2488134

Chicago Bears having success on third down during their 6-2 start

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)

published 2026-11-03T20:03:10 · ingested 2026-11-03T15:23:42.842638

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

The article is a straightforward news report without any clear bias in favor of or against the Chicago Bears.

      computed at 2026-11-03T15:23:42.842638
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 55% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T15:39:57.375691-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T15:43:38.285383

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T16:49:33.825408

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T15:39:45.423639

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Chicago Bears are having success on third down during their 6-2 start

The article directly states this fact and no additional verification is required.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-03T16:49:33.825408
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Chicago Bears having success on third down during their 6-2 start 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T15:23:42.852476
    

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)

2026-11-03T15:23:42.842638 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": 13761
}

2026-11-03T15:39:57.375691 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.547,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.0,
  "label": "center",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.0
}

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