Audit Trail · Article #2490295

Democrat Roy Cooper wins election to U.S. Senate from North Carolina

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

published 2026-11-04T01:25:39 · ingested 2026-11-03T20:53:40.884479

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is reporting a factual event without any overtly biased language or slant, but it's from a Canadian news outlet which might suggest a slightly neutral to centrist perspective.

Trigger phrases: Democrat Roy Cooper wins electionU.S. Senate

      computed at 2026-11-03T21:43:27.523671
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.588 confidence: 84% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-03T21:36:59.470915-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.588

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-03T21:43:27.523671

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-03T21:43:27.523671

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-03T21:43:27.523671

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: US

Province: —

Scope: international

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-11-03T21:45:35.616761
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Democrat Mark Warner wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Virginia 19 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-03T19:23:55.939528
    

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)

2026-11-03T20:53:40.884479 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": 13761
}

2026-11-03T21:36:59.470915 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "left",
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  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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