Audit Trail · Article #2516083

Aid sector calls out omission of foreign aid in federal budget

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-11-07T15:16:48 · ingested 2026-11-07T10:40:27.942327

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 vv3

triggers: mark carney(-0.15×1)

      computed at 2026-11-07T10:40:27.942327
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

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

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T14:14:19.060512

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-07T11:03:27.112982

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified The federal budget tabled by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government does not mention any aspects related to foreign aid or international development.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T14:14:19.042605
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Aid sector calls out lack of any mention of foreign aid in federal budget 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-07T06:19:14.794584
    

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)

2026-11-07T10:40:27.942327 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: mark carney(-0.15\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 4
}

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