O-Score proof
UNOFFICIAL / TIME-SENSITIVE: Middletown Unified Measure C at 54.59% (606 yes / 504 no) — Lake County Today: needs 55% (611 yes at current total) for $38 million bond; mail ballots postmarked by Election Day still count if they arrive by Nov. 10 (not new ballots cast that day)
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets by our publish date · 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 (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: Method limit — not uncheckable outlets: all 13 majors were queried via Google News RSS and Bing News RSS (site:domain). outlets_unchecked is empty. Score stays provisional because an RSS-only scan cannot exhaustively prove zero coverage (missed paywalled, differently worded, or non-indexed packages possible). Rejected off-topic RSS candidates are recorded as receipts, not the provisional trigger.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 2:21 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:apnews.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:apnews.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:reuters.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:reuters.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:reuters.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:nytimes.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:wsj.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:wsj.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:wsj.com" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:cnn.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:cnn.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:foxnews.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:nbcnews.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:cbsnews.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:npr.org" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:npr.org" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:npr.org" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:npr.org" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:npr.org" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:usatoday.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Middletown Measure C bond site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Middletown Unified Measure C site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Lake County Measure C 55% site:bloomberg.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026, 2:21 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Middletown Measure C bond”, “Middletown Unified Measure C”, “Lake County Measure C 55%”
Method
- google-news
- bing-news
- editor review of RSS candidates
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.