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Calgary Herald 🏢 Postmedia 📍 AB Sep 7, 2026 · 1 min read AI Analyzed ○ Unverifiable View full audit trail → C.R.E.E.D. audited

Your letters: How the question is asked matters

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B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER RIGHT
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Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3) 0.00 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT) 0.324 · RIGHT
Ensemble 0.324 · CENTER RIGHT
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          Article Excerpt
          I am a psychologist, not a linguist or political scientist. I am concerned about the content of Alberta’s proposed referendum questions, which derives from my interest in how wording and framing in communication affects human judgment. Wording can influence how people understand and respond to a choice. The intent may or not be manipulative, but when the […]
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