Audit Trail · Article #2526898

Before it is yours, it belongs to the land: An Elder’s response to Yukon mining

Source article ↗ · Yukon News · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Black Press Media (corporate)

published 2026-11-08T23:30:00 · ingested 2026-11-08T18:47:10.590523

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.50 confidence: 90% vv3

The review expresses a critical stance towards the mining industry, which is typically seen as part of the right-wing economic interests.

Trigger phrases: Before it is yoursresponse to Yukon mining

      computed at 2026-11-08T23:41:42.768658
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

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

      computed at 2026-11-08T23:06:16.874324-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.292

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T23:41:42.768658

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-08T23:41:42.768658

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-08T23:41:42.768658

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified In response to the Jonas Smith’s, Executive Director of Yukon Chamber of Mines, editorial in the Yukon News dated September 25, 2026

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-08T18:47:10.604904
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Before it is yours, it belongs to the land: An Elder’s response to Yukon mining 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-08T18:47:10.596706
    

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)

2026-11-08T18:47:10.590523 ingested

payload

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    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
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    "signal_detected": false
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2026-11-08T23:06:16.874324 bias_v2_scored

payload

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