Audit Trail · Article #2490037

Democrat Wes Moore wins reelection for governor in Maryland - Toronto Star

Source article ↗ · Toronto Star · outlet lean: center-left · owner: Torstar (corporate)

published 2026-11-04T01:03:03 · ingested 2026-11-03T20:23:34.183748

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.10 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is neutral in tone and does not show a strong bias towards any political leaning, focusing on factual reporting.

      computed at 2026-11-03T20:36:41.225514
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.488 confidence: 70% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T20:38:10.827219-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.488

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T20:41:32.677806

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T20:41:32.677806

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T20:36:41.225514

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified (no factual claims extracted)

(model returned no claims for this article)

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-03T20:41:32.675700
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Democrat Wes Moore wins reelection for governor in Maryland - Toronto Star 49 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T20:23:34.187837
    

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)

2026-11-03T20:23:34.183748 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": 486
}

2026-11-03T20:38:10.827219 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.697,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.488,
  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": -0.488
}

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