O-Score proof
TIME-SENSITIVE: Waterloo, Ont. — regional councillor recount Nov. 9, 9 a.m. Eastern/local after Moser loses to Huinink by three votes: Huinink 8,605 / Moser 8,602; Erb 13,994 other Waterloo seat
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets matched this exact story in WebSearch batches this audit (provisional; not exhaustive). · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 6, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (3 events, ET)
- Published
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- O-Score recheck: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: 13 majors: no matching lead; provisional. Audit method: WebSearch topic + site batches (see per_outlet). Search-no-results is not exhaustive absence. METHOD CORRECTION: prior google-news/bing-news query strings were not run; see Methods and Searches run.
Checked Nov 6, 2026, 3:52 AM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-B: site:cnn.com OR site:foxnews.com OR site:nbcnews.com OR site:cbsnews.com OR site:abcnews.go.com OR site:npr.org OR site:usatoday.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount councillor 2026 |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | websearch topic: Waterloo Huinink Moser recount 8605 2026 websearch site-batch-A: site:apnews.com OR site:reuters.com OR site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:wsj.com OR site:bloomberg.com Waterloo Huinink OR Moser recount 2026 |
Pickups
We published: Nov 6, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2026, 3:34 AM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
| Nov 6, 2026, 3:52 AM ET | proof-method-correction | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | Error: METHOD CORRECTION 2026-11-06: removed unsupported google-news/bing-news site-query claims; public proof now records actual WebSearch topic + site-batch checks. Locked O10 unchanged. Search no-hits is not exhaustive absence. Direct outlet pages not opened (not attempted). Staged audit receipt files mtime ~2026-11-06T03:48–03:49 ET; mapping labels 03:55/03:58 ET were not used as live checked_at (would invent future/precision-guessed search seconds). Exact original WebSearch tool-call seconds unavailable. Applied 2026-11-06T03:52:25-05:00. |
Search terms
“Waterloo Huinink Moser recount”, “Waterloo regional councillor three vote”
Method
- websearch-topic
- websearch-site-batch
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.