Audit Trail · Article #2516533

To frack or not to frack? Holt’s review of the shale gas moratorium is a betrayal of past promises

Source article ↗ · NB Media Co-op · outlet lean: left · owner: NB Media Co-op (non_profit)

published 2026-11-07T16:57:33 · ingested 2026-11-07T11:58:19.226057

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

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

      computed at 2026-11-07T11:58:19.226057
    

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: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: US

Province: —

Scope: international

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified and $1.7 billion deficit as reasons to reconsider the moratorium on fracking for shale gas, Premier Susan Holt is backtracking on election promises of promoting green energy

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-07T11:58:19.242034
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

To frack or not to frack? Holt’s review of the shale gas moratorium is a betrayal of past promises 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-07T11:58:19.235156
    

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)

2026-11-07T11:58:19.226057 ingested

payload

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