Audit Trail · Article #2514748

Saturday's letters: Let's show up to cheer on the Elks

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

published 2026-11-07T10:00:14 · ingested 2026-11-07T05:17:52.026456

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

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

      computed at 2026-11-07T05:17:52.026456
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 47% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-07T09:43:59.675253-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.000

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: US

Province: —

Scope: international

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Our hometown football team is playing in the Western Final at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-07T05:17:52.043708
      

unverified Though they have have struggled for the past number of years, let’s not forget that since their inception in 1949, this team has provided us with some outstanding entertainment, including 14 Grey Cups

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-07T05:17:52.043708
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Saturday's letters: Let's show up to cheer on the Elks 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-07T05:17:52.035207
    

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)

2026-11-07T05:17:52.026456 ingested

payload

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    "signal_detected": false
  },
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}

2026-11-07T09:43:59.675253 bias_v2_scored

payload

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