O-Score proof
TIME-SENSITIVE / UNOFFICIAL: Blue Lake City Council — Thursday Humboldt report ranks Bowman 120, Jones 113, Scafani 105, Pitts 104 for two seats; certification Thursday, Dec. 3
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of publish · 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 5, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (3 events, ET)
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
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 and Bing News, query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched). NPR ‘Tom Bowman’ people-page hit opened and excluded as a name collision; other candidates unrelated. May change on recheck.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 9:40 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:apnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:apnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:reuters.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:reuters.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:wsj.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:wsj.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:cnn.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:cnn.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:npr.org" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:npr.org" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:npr.org" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:npr.org" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:npr.org" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:npr.org" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
|
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:usatoday.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake city council Bowman site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Scafani Jones site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Blue Lake Humboldt council election site:bloomberg.com" |
Related coverage, not counted
NPR: Tom Bowman ().
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Blue Lake city council Bowman”, “Blue Lake Scafani Jones”, “Blue Lake Humboldt council election”
Method
- google-news
- bing-news
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.