O-Score proof
Election Day results: NBC News Decision Desk projects 75 House seats for Democrats, 32 for Republicans, with 218 needed for majority (unofficial; NBC last update 9:06 PM ET)
6O-Score6 · Lightly covered2 of 13 major U.S. outlets with a dated House seat tally from our own direct fetch, as of Nov 3; 7 could not be verified · 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 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (5 events, ET)
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score check: 8 (Barely covered) · 1 of 13 outlets counted
- O-Score recheck: 1 (Widely covered) · 10 of 13 outlets counted
- O-Score recheck: 6 (Lightly covered) · 2 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
The math
- Outlets checked: 6 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 2.
- 2 found → O-Score 6 (Lightly covered). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered ← this story | 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: Counted only pages where our own direct fetch (snapshot saved) showed a dated House seat tally: NBC News and ABC News. Unverified: The New York Times and NPR (tally seen only in search-engine copies), Fox News and Bloomberg (tally not readable), Reuters, WSJ and USA Today (blocked or not found). Checked with no tally, not counted: AP, CBS News, CNN, The Washington Post. The score may go down on recheck.
Checked Nov 3, 2026, 9:15 PM ET · search window: 1 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | Checked: direct fetch returned a script-only page (snapshot saved); no tally seen. Not counted. |
| Reuters reuters.com | Could not check | Direct fetch HTTP 403; no House results page found |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Could not check | Direct fetch HTTP 403. Search-engine copy only (not counted): 45 Dem. / 21 Rep., "218 for control", "Last updated 8:48 p.m. E.T." |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | Checked: direct fetch failed; search-engine copy of House live-updates page shows no seat tally. Not counted. |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Could not check | Results page not found |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | Checked: direct fetch of House tracker (snapshot saved); tally sits in an embedded graphic not readable; no tally seen. Not counted. |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Could not check | Direct fetch HTTP 200 (House results page, snapshot saved), but the seat tally loads by script and could not be read; not counted |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Found: 2026 House Results (2026-11-03) | Direct fetch, Nov. 3, 9:06 PM ET: "Democrats 75 seats", "Republicans 32 seats", "Number of seats for majority: 218", "Last update 9:06 PM ET". Snapshot saved. |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | Checked: direct fetch of live-updates page (snapshot saved), updated 9:13 PM EST; no seat tally on the page. Not counted. |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Found: 2026 US House Election Results: Live Map - ABC News (2026-11-03) | Direct fetch, Nov. 3, 9:15 PM ET: House tally as shown, Democrat 134, Republican 151, "218 for control" (ABC's page data, type "house"). Snapshot saved. The earlier "88 / 97" reading came from a search-engine copy and is not used. |
| NPR npr.org | Could not check | Direct fetch returned the app shell with no tally. Search-engine copy only (not counted): "Dem. 50", "GOP 24", "218 seats for majority" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Could not check | Direct fetch HTTP 402 Access Restricted |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Could not check | Direct fetch HTTP 200 (House results page, snapshot saved), but only a tally template ("{dem_seats}") was in the page; not counted |
Pickups
We published: Nov 3, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026, 8:53 PM ET | initial | 8 Barely covered | 1 | No change |
| Nov 3, 2026, 9:06 PM ET | recheck | 1 Widely covered | 10 | No change |
| Nov 3, 2026, 9:15 PM ET | recheck | 6 Lightly covered | 2 | No change |
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Method
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.