O-Score proof
SINGLE-SOURCE (Corbeau News): four young Kara men killed, beheaded and burned with their motorbikes in CAR's Vakaga; outlet blames Russian Wagner mercenaries
10O-Score10 · Widely covered0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of Nov 5 (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 (Widely covered) · 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 (Widely covered). 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). 6 other candidates were unrelated; a headline search can miss articles, so this may change on recheck.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 7:20 AM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:apnews.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:apnews.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:apnews.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:apnews.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:reuters.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:reuters.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:reuters.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:reuters.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:nytimes.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:wsj.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:wsj.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:wsj.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:wsj.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:cnn.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:cnn.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:cnn.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:cnn.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:foxnews.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:npr.org" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:npr.org" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:npr.org" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:npr.org" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:npr.org" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:npr.org" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:npr.org" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:usatoday.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Vakaga Kara Wagner site:bloomberg.com" |
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, 7:20 AM ET | initial | 10 Widely covered | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Vakaga Wagner Tiringoulou”, “CAR Vakaga beheaded Wagner”, “Tiringoulou Délémbé mercenaries”, “Vakaga Kara Wagner”
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.