O-Score proof
Spencer Short leads Ben Brown 995 to 923 in unofficial Lincoln council count
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets found in Nov. 6 headline check · 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 (2 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Published
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: Headline search only: Google News RSS, one combined subject query per each of 13 outlets, 30-day window. No matching reports found; search/indexing can miss coverage.
Checked Nov 6, 2026, 9:15 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | |
| AP apnews.com | Not found | |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found |
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, 9:15 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“("Lincoln" "Spencer Short" OR "Lincoln" "Ben Brown")”
Method
- google-news-rss
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.