Audit Trail · Article #2542758

Alberta's United Conservative Party faces backlash for pledge that limits riding presidents' independence talk

Source article ↗ · CBC English Top Stories · outlet lean: center-left · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-11-10T22:46:23 · ingested 2026-11-10T17:56:09.432064

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

RIGHT score: 1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: conservative(+0.50×3)

Trigger phrases: backlashrefuse to sign

      computed at 2026-11-10T17:56:09.432064
    

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: 2026-11-10T18:09:42.691175

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-10T18:02:28.865393

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Some senior party organizers refuse to sign a new non-disclosure agreement stating they will 'abide by' the referendum result.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-10T18:09:42.686919
      

unverified The United Conservative Party in Alberta is facing backlash due to a pledge limiting riding presidents' independence talks.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-10T18:09:42.686919
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta's United Conservative Party faces backlash for pledge that limits riding presidents' independence talk 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-10T17:56:09.442546
    

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)

2026-11-10T17:56:09.432064 ingested

payload

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