Audit Trail · Article #2509856

No changes for Fort Frances residents following hydro dam operator rebrand

Source article ↗ · Turtle Island News · outlet lean: center · owner: Turtle Island News (non_profit)

published 2026-11-06T18:04:15 · ingested 2026-11-06T14:00:58.436487

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: public sector(-0.10×1), equity(-0.15×1)

      computed at 2026-11-06T14:00:58.436487
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

ML scoring pending — backlog worker processes ~50 articles per ingest cycle.

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-06T15:10:57.668095

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: US

Province: —

Scope: international

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified “We’ve gone through several name changes of whoever owns and operates that generating station, and there really should be no impact other than people’s email domain changing,” said Joerg Ruppenstein, president and CEO of Fort Frances

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-06T14:00:58.459650
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

No changes for Fort Frances residents following hydro dam operator rebrand 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-06T14:00:58.446945
    

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 (1 event)

2026-11-06T14:00:58.436487 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: public sector(-0.10\u00d71), equity(-0.15\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 14343
}

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