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Man United fans bid to disrupt Champions League tie by hurling tennis balls

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)
published 2026-11-03T20:51:25 · ingested 2026-11-03T16:23:40.055254
Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.
LEFT score: -0.40 confidence: 80% vv3
The article presents a negative scenario involving fans' inappropriate behavior, which could be seen as critical of the fans.
Trigger phrases: disrupthurling tennis balls
computed at 2026-11-03T16:23:40.055254
ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)
LEFT score: -0.307 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3
computed at 2026-11-03T17:10:01.827051-05:00
Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)
CENTER LEFT score: -0.307
Analysis Tier
Tier: quick_v1+full
Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T17:22:36.831851
Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T20:41:29.783758
AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T17:19:18.398814
Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.
Country: CA
Province: MB
Scope: provincial
Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)
true Man United fans bid to disrupt Champions League tie by hurling tennis balls
The headline directly states the claim, which aligns with details provided in the article.
V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-03T20:41:29.783758
Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.
Man United fans bid to disrupt Champions League tie by hurling tennis balls 1 article across outlets
clustered at 2026-11-03T16:23:40.064720
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)
  1. 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
    }
  2. bias_v2_scored
    payload
    {
      "confidence": 0.438,
      "ensemble_band": "center-left",
      "ensemble_score": -0.307,
      "label": "left",
      "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
      "score": -0.307
    }
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