Audit Trail · Article #2488522

Calgary Flames legend Jarome Iginla battling health issues

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-03T21:11:59 · ingested 2026-11-03T16:23:38.816520

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article focuses on a personal health issue, which could be seen as an attempt to gain sympathy or highlight the challenges faced by former athletes.

Trigger phrases: health issuescomplications

      computed at 2026-11-03T17:08:15.023720
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.252 confidence: 36% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T17:12:23.124649-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.226

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T17:08:15.023720

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T17:08:15.023720

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified After retiring from the NHL in 2018 following a Hall of Fame career that spanned over two decades, Iginla had a hip replacement surgery

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=False

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-03T16:23:38.838266
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Calgary Flames legend Jarome Iginla battling health issues 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T16:23:38.831703
    

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)

2026-11-03T16:23:38.816520 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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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": 13757
}

2026-11-03T17:12:23.124649 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.226,
  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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}

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