Audit Trail · Article #2507835

Elections Alberta estimates referendum cost $84 million

Source article ↗ · Edmonton Journal · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-06T11:00:26 · ingested 2026-11-06T06:43:26.358473

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: none — NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)

      computed at 2026-11-06T06:43:26.358473
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.292 confidence: 42% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-06T11:24:25.428419-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.292

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T22:11:29.360031

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified $84 million is estimated as the cost for the referendum.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T22:11:29.314296
      

unverified Water would likely be on the marathon route in Alberta.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T22:11:29.314296
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Elections Alberta estimates referendum cost $84 million 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-06T06:43:26.368575
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-11-06T06:43:26.358473 ingested

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2026-11-06T11:24:25.428419 bias_v2_scored

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