Audit Trail · Article #809620

Progressive-left writers weigh in on New Democrat influence in Ottawa, ALTO opposition

Source article ↗ · iPolitics · outlet lean: center · owner: iPolitics Inc. (independent)

published 2026-06-25T13:53:55 · ingested 2026-06-25T14:42:59.132644

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

      computed at 2026-06-25T15:32:56.570404
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.693 confidence: 99% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-06-25T12:35:39.918828-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.693

Analysis Tier

Tier: pending

Tier-1 at: —

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-06-25T15:44:59.046782

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-06-25T15:26:55.695165
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-06-25T15:45:23.072391
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Progressive-left writers weigh in on New Democrat influence in Ottawa, ALTO opposition 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-06-25T14:42:59.430095
    

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)

2026-06-25T14:42:59.132644 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: progressive(-0.18\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0
  },
  "source_id": 489
}

2026-06-25T16:35:39.918828 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.346,
  "label": "left",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
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}

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