O-Score proof
UNOFFICIAL: Irvine, Calif., City Council District 1 — Melinda Liu 4,327 (39.4%) / John Park 4,284 (39.0%) — 43-vote gap after Nov. 5 5:02 p.m. update; Sukhee Kang 2,381, Voice of OC and Ballot Book show
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 6, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (2 events, ET)
- Published
- O-Score check: 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 on 43-vote flip this run; provisional.
Checked Nov 6, 2026, 12:24 AM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:apnews.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:apnews.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:reuters.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:reuters.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:wsj.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:wsj.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:cnn.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:cnn.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:npr.org" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:npr.org" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:npr.org" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:npr.org" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:npr.org" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Irvine District 1 Liu Park site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Irvine council 4327 4284 site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Melinda Liu Irvine site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 6, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Irvine District 1 Liu Park”, “Irvine council 4327 4284”, “Melinda Liu Irvine”
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.