Audit Trail · Article #2544606

Alberta government facing scrutiny over bourbon distilleries tour in Kentucky

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

published 2026-11-11T03:23:23 · ingested 2026-11-10T22:56:09.629582

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: ndp(-0.60×1)

Trigger phrases: NDP saystaxpayer-funded booze fest

      computed at 2026-11-10T22:56:09.629582
    

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: ✓ at 2026-11-10T22:58:52.536254

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true The NDP says it amounts to a taxpayer-funded booze fest and has demanded the minister pay back $5,400 for the cost of the distillery tours.

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-11-10T22:56:09.650566
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Alberta government facing scrutiny over bourbon distilleries tour in Kentucky 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-10T22:56:09.637242
    

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)

2026-11-10T22:56:09.629582 ingested

payload

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