O-Score proof
Election Day: San Diego County's Measure B, a half-cent sales tax for health care and Tijuana River sewage fixes, narrowly leads in early unofficial returns
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of Nov 4 (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 4, 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 and Bing News, 3 query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched, none unchecked). All 50 candidates were unrelated (other stories, section and results pages); a headline search can miss articles, so this may change on recheck.
Checked Nov 4, 2026, 4:08 AM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:apnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:apnews.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:apnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:apnews.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:apnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:apnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:reuters.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:reuters.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:reuters.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:reuters.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:reuters.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:reuters.com" 5 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: "San Diego Measure B site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:nytimes.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:nytimes.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax 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: "San Diego Measure B site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:washingtonpost.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:wsj.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:wsj.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:wsj.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:wsj.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:wsj.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:wsj.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:cnn.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:cnn.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:cnn.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:cnn.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:cnn.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:cnn.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:foxnews.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:foxnews.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:foxnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:nbcnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:cbsnews.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:npr.org" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:npr.org" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:npr.org" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:npr.org" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:npr.org" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:npr.org" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:usatoday.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:usatoday.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:usatoday.com" 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "San Diego Measure B site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "San Diego Measure B site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "San Diego half-cent sales tax site:bloomberg.com" 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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Pickups
We published: Nov 4, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026, 4:08 AM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“San Diego Measure B”, “San Diego County sales tax Tijuana sewage”, “San Diego half-cent sales tax”
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.