Audit Trail · Article #2558988

NCC mulling refrigerating downtown end of Rideau Canal

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

published 2026-11-12T17:02:29 · ingested 2026-11-12T12:56:09.482912

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: crown corporation(-0.12×1)

Trigger phrases: NCCskating conditions

      computed at 2026-11-12T12:56:09.482912
    

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: 2026-11-12T13:01:46.457254

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-12T13:01:46.468168

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

NCC mulling refrigerating downtown end of Rideau Canal 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-12T12:56:09.569563
    

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': 2, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (2 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 · 2 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (1 event)

2026-11-12T12:56:09.482912 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: crown corporation(-0.12\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 1
}

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