O-Score proof

India's election "consultants" sell bots and shadow pages to campaigns from Kenya to Suriname, and now the U.S.

10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of Nov 2 · See proof →

The math

Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
Confirmed reports of this story: 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: AP, Reuters and CBS News block direct site search, and the other 10 outlets’ site search only loads in a live browser, so all 13 were checked through Google News and Bing News instead. Those checks were complete for every outlet.

Checked Nov 2, 2026, 10:49 AM ET · coverage window: 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-03 (8 days, built around this story’s publish date of 2026-11-02). Scored after publication.

Every outlet

Outlet	Result	Searches run
AP apnews.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:apnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:apnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:apnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:apnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:apnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:apnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story One Tech Tip: How to get started with AI agents, and which are best for specific tasks - AP News 2026 election results Own site search: HTTP 403 (could not use)
Reuters reuters.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:reuters.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:reuters.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:reuters.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:reuters.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:reuters.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:reuters.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 39 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story China's robot makers have mastered the moves. Now comes the race for brains - Reuters Greta, Rihanna posters burned in India protests - Reuters Sectors Up Close: High diesel prices 'will persist well into 2027' - Reuters Australian PM suspends extradition with Hong Kong - Reuters U.S. coronavirus cases top 1K, official warns will 'get worse' - Reuters Loughlin and husband plead guilty in college admissions scandal - Reuters Netflix urged to drop sci-fi series over Uighurs - Reuters Tik Tok sets lofty goal: 25,000 new U.S. jobs - Reuters Rising sea levels threaten lives of Mumbai slum dwellers - Reuters New Epstein accuser comes forward - Reuters 2026 Midterm Elections Voting Rights & Elections "No deal" Brexit could cost UK, EU companies £58 bln Tik Tok sets lofty goal: 25,000 new U.S. jobs PayPal CEO touts turnaround progress as annual profit forecast rises - Reuters China trade accord with Swiss bucks wider trend towards protectionism - Reuters China's new export curbs draw a line around its AI crown jewels - Reuters Unitree's quarterly revenue surges 70% in test for China's robotics sector - Reuters Volkswagen, in strategy shift, plans to globalise China-developed technology - Reuters Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon contract restrictions tied to China blacklist - Reuters US singer Chris Brown spared jail for UK nightclub attack - Reuters NYSE reverses move to delist three Chinese telcos - Reuters UK uses Brexit cliff-edge to demand EU trade deal - Reuters China expels U.S. journalists as spat with U.S. escalates - Reuters U.S., China launch high-level trade talks - Reuters Chinese EVs gain ground in South Korea, but Japan is a harder road - Reuters Explainer: What does EU's climate masterplan entail? - Reuters Tokyo at highest alert level as COVID cases spike - Reuters Trump ousts McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser - Reuters Articles sitemap of 2026-10-31 - Reuters Protests in Hong Kong as U.S. warns of sanctions - Reuters Morning Bid: Tech or treat - Reuters Machado says US has proposed Venezuela elections for 2027 - Reuters Beijing presses on with mass COVID testing - Reuters Colonial didn't contact us 'directly' -cyber chief - Reuters Stocks will move 'sideways' through year's end, investor says - Reuters Fauci expects coronavirus to return in the fall - Reuters China halts LSE link over HK tensions - sources - Reuters Articles sitemap of 2026-10-29 - Reuters Own site search: HTTP 401 (could not use)
The New York Times nytimes.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:nytimes.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:nytimes.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:nytimes.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:nytimes.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:nytimes.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:nytimes.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 12 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 2026 Midterm Elections Is Running From Trump Enough to Save Republicans on Tuesday? The Art of the Pardon: How Trump Turned Clemency Into a Business A Plan for Two Dans: How Democrats Manipulated Alaska’s Ballot China’s Message to Its Rivals: You Need What We Make - The New York Times Opinion \| Is This the End for Trump’s Princelings? Or Just the Start? - The New York Times On Spain’s Costa Brava, a Wall of Glass Opens to the Sea - The New York Times Investors Brace for Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Bill - The New York Times Business - The New York Times Travel - The New York Times Climate and Environment - Page 9 - The New York Times Bots Drive Online Chatter About Races in Kansas and Texas Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Washington Post washingtonpost.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:washingtonpost.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:washingtonpost.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:washingtonpost.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:washingtonpost.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:washingtonpost.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:washingtonpost.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video - The Washington Post Column \| I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy - The Washington Post Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Wall Street Journal wsj.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:wsj.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:wsj.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:wsj.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:wsj.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:wsj.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:wsj.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 146 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story The Shopping Bots Are Coming for Amazon - WSJ Alaska Town Reckons With ‘Decoy Dan’ Election Fallout: ‘Now It Is Serious’ - WSJ Republican Anxiety Mounts in Final Days Before Midterm Elections - WSJ Alaska Governor Orders Probe Over Same-Name Senate Race Controversy - WSJ Dollar Falls to 1-Month Low as Oil Prices Slip - WSJ How Bolsonaro Fled Brazil: Decoys, a Private Jet and a Friend in the White House - WSJ ‘Responsibility’ in an Age of Political Evasion - WSJ U.S. Warns Gulf of Possible Short, Intense Renewal of Iran War After Midterms - WSJ U.S. Treasury, European Bond Yields Fall as Oil Prices Drop - WSJ The Ad Industry’s Antidote to AI: Pencils, Clay and Stop-Motion - WSJ I Went Home to Long Island to Find Out How the Iran War Is Shaping the Midterms - WSJ Opinion \| Brazil’s Order Against Bolsonaro Was Appropriate - WSJ European Indexes Open Mostly Lower as Healthcare Stocks Slide - WSJ Opinion \| The Case for a Historic Wave - WSJ Gold Edges Higher But Remains Below $4,000 an Ounce - WSJ Weil Gotshal Says It Is Shutting Its Doors - WSJ ‘I Felt Blind Panic.’ They Opened Their New $2,000 iPhone Duo—and It Broke. - WSJ Exclusive \| DoorDash Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Delivery Rival Instacart - WSJ U.S. to Issue Visa for Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro as Questions Swirl About His Location - WSJ Federal Debt Hits 100% of GDP - WSJ There’s a War Over How to Train Your Dog—and It’s Getting Nastier by the Day - WSJ See the Trump Administration Stock Portfolio That Spans More Than 40 Companies - WSJ ‘Sniff’ and ‘Smell’: Making Sense of Scent - WSJ Home Buyers Who Enjoyed Cheap Adjustable Mortgages Are Now Getting a Nasty Shock - WSJ The ‘Buy, Borrow and Die’ Wealth Strategy Has Become a $5 Trillion Market - WSJ Gilt Yields Decline Amid Demand For Safe-Haven Assets - WSJ As Missile Stockpiles Dwindle and China Looms, U.S. Turns to Japan for Production - WSJ Alphabet Sheds Half a Trillion in Market Value in Stock’s Worst Day Ever - WSJ America’s Debt Soars as Washington’s Fiscal Hawks Vanish - WSJ Opinion \| The U.S. Investment Boom Arrives - WSJ Microsoft Will Offer Buyouts to 60,000 Employees - WSJ Exclusive \| Trump Administration Promised Tariff Relief in Talks to Secure U.S. Audi Factory - WSJ Christine Lagarde to Resign Early as ECB President - WSJ The Four Academics Who Dreamed Up California’s Billionaire Tax Prop. 40 - WSJ Nvidia to Invest $3 Billion in Meta’s Equity Offering as They Expand AI Partnership - WSJ Opinion \| What’s the Matter With France? - WSJ The Week the Cracks in the AI Trade Grew Deeper - WSJ A $300 Billion ‘Debt Wall’ Is Looming Over Private-Equity Backed Companies - WSJ ‘Curfew’ Review: A No-Men Mandate on MHz Choice - WSJ Elizabeth Holmes Still Can’t Escape the Black Turtleneck - WSJ Fed Needs to Implement at Least Two More Rate Increases, Dallas Fed’s Logan Says - WSJ Memory Crunch Cements CXMT as China’s Chip Champion - WSJ ‘Property Values’ Review: Paving Paradise - WSJ U.S. Stocks Slide as Amazon, Intel Earnings Spark More AI Selling - WSJ Clues Point to Familiar Culprit in Massive Binance Crypto Heist: North Korea - WSJ Why Does Spain Keep Having Deadly Rail Accidents? - WSJ Bank of Japan Declares Inflation Win, Clearing Way for Rate Hikes - WSJ Gold and Silver Futures Fall to 1-Year Lows - WSJ If History Repeats, Small Caps Will Win in a Landslide - WSJ 9 Books to Read: The Best Reviews of October - WSJ AbbVie Revenue Rises on Strength in Immunology, Neuroscience - WSJ Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk - WSJ Amazon Shrugs Off Outside Shopping Agents—and Touts Its Own - WSJ Machado’s Return Offers a Preview of Venezuela’s Next Election—Whenever It Comes - WSJ ‘Paging Hezbollah’ Review: An Explosive Operation - WSJ Polymarket Is Investigating Suspicious Trades on Israel Election - WSJ NatWest Shares Fall After Bank’s Interest Income Guidance Disappoints - WSJ Justice Department Sends New Subpoenas in Alaska Election Probe - WSJ October in Fiction: 6 Books to Read Now - WSJ Stocks Slide, Intel Plunges, Binance Hacked - WSJ Billionaires Don’t Like the Wealth Tax. Here’s What Some Propose Instead. - WSJ Israel’s Arabs Emerge as Key Political Powerhouse - WSJ Audi Pledges to Intensify Efficiency Measures as It Cuts Guidance - WSJ ‘SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of’ Review: Canada’s Comedy Innovators - WSJ Treasury Yields End Month With Large Declines - WSJ Amazon Stock Drops on Wall Street Miss, Despite Biggest Cloud Growth in Years - WSJ Lithium Miners Look Past Falling Prices to Expand Output - WSJ WSJ Dollar Index Rises 0.04% This Month to 97.08 - WSJ DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion - WSJ Universal Music Shares Climb After Streaming Revenue Beats Expectations - WSJ Exclusive \| Chevron Is Back to Searching for Oil and Gas in Far-Flung Places - WSJ Opinion \| Israel Votes for Hope - WSJ Forget EVs. Battery Makers Are Busy Bolstering the U.S. Power Grid. - WSJ ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged as Challenges Mount for Lagarde’s Successor - WSJ Universal Music Logs Higher Revenue as Subscriptions, Streaming Pick Up - WSJ The Holiday Hiring Rush Is Moving to the Eleventh Hour - WSJ Alphabet’s Market Value Drops $500 Billion - WSJ Roblox Narrows Loss as User, Engagement Metrics Fall - WSJ Starbucks Same-Store Sales Climb on U.S. Growth - WSJ Opinion \| Are Wages Keeping Pace? - WSJ Opinion \| To Brazil’s Victor Goes Political Revenge - WSJ Gulf Oil Giants Work to Expand Overseas Storage As War Exposes Supply Risks - WSJ Conservative Activist James O’Keefe Faces Felony Charges for Minnesota Voting Stunt - WSJ The Hispanic Voters Who Turned on Trump and Put Texas in Play - WSJ U.S. Expels Cuban Diplomat After Extraordinary U.N. Verbal Clash - WSJ The Morning Risk Report: Tech, Social Media Companies Brace for Deepfake Scrutiny in Midterms Run-Up - WSJ Opinion \| New Energy for the U.S. Virgin Islands - WSJ Oil Prices Ease as U.S. Seeks to Renew Diplomacy With Iran - WSJ Volkswagen Presses Ahead With Restructuring as Headwinds Mount - WSJ Flávio Bolsonaro Lands in Miami After Fleeing Brazil - WSJ Bob Seger’s ‘Night Moves’ Turns 50 - WSJ ING Launches Buyback But Flags Job Cuts and Unit Restructuring - WSJ Church & Dwight Firms Up Outlook as Profit, Revenue Rise - WSJ Gold, Silver Futures Settle Lower - WSJ So Your Mortgage Payment Just Jumped. Here’s What You Can Do. - WSJ Opinion \| The Echoes of French Unrest - WSJ Justice Department Push Against Trump’s Foes Reaches Higher Gear - WSJ Google Shares Fall 10% as Growth in Search Revenue Slows - WSJ Ford’s Weaker Vehicle Sales Drive Down Profit, Revenue - WSJ Two Decades After ‘Sideways,’ Merlot Is Ready for Redemption - WSJ Russia’s Shadow Fleet Turns to Nets and Rubber Tires for Makeshift Drone Armor - WSJ Oil Prices Fall More Than 4% as Iran Peace Talks Ease Supply Fears - WSJ The Wild Rise of a Trump-Backed Drone Company - WSJ Behind the Scenes of Crypto’s Biggest Nightmare: a Record-Breaking Cyber Heist - WSJ Exclusive \| Ukraine Pauses Strikes on Russian Refineries After Pressure From U.S. - WSJ Chinese Executive Close to Nvidia CEO Suspected of Giving China Information - WSJ Fitch Cuts France’s Outlook to Negative on Weaker Growth, Widening Deficit - WSJ Alphabet Seen as a Tech One-Stop AI Shop - WSJ BP Slashes Net Debt as Earnings Soar - WSJ China’s Xi Demands More Loyalty as Purges Trim Party Elite - WSJ Opinion \| Anthropic’s IPO Will Be a National-Security Win for Taiwan - WSJ To Beat the Luxury Shopping Slowdown, This E-Commerce Company Wants the Superrich - WSJ Shell Maximizes Diesel Production During Supply Crunch - WSJ Exclusive \| Vance Reaches Out to Iranian Hard-Liner in Bid to Restart Peace Talks - WSJ Hyundai Motor Cuts Annual Outlook as Profit Slump Continues - WSJ China’s Car Industry Is Wowing the World—but Crashing at Home - WSJ ‘Chasing the Headless Horseman’ Review: The Legacy of Sleepy Hollow - WSJ China’s Electric Carmakers Are Running Out of Domestic Buyers \| The 10-Point for Oct. 28 - WSJ AI Hackers Are Attacking the Entire Internet, One CEO Warns - WSJ WSJ Dollar Index Falls 0.09% to 97.09 - WSJ The Fed’s AI Puzzle: Will High Rates Slow the Boom? - WSJ UBS CEO Signals Possible Switzerland Exit Over Capital Demands - WSJ Overseas Handler Linked to Iran Behind Foiled RAF Air Base Attack - WSJ The Morning Risk Report: Extreme Networks to Pay $2.5 Million Over Sales to Russian Missile Maker - WSJ Nasdaq Edges Lower as Tech Rally Stalls Out - WSJ The Bull Case for AI Armageddon - WSJ Oil Futures Fall as Market Holds Out Hope for Middle East Diplomacy - WSJ Exclusive \| Italy’s Eni Expects More Gas Drilling Offshore Europe as Supply Concerns Mount - WSJ China’s Industrial Profit Growth Surged in September - WSJ France Offers Concessions to Quell Student Protests - WSJ What María Corina Machado’s Return Means for Venezuela - WSJ Treasury Yields Rise Slightly Ahead of Expected Fed Hold - WSJ What’s on the Line as Israelis Prepare to Vote - WSJ Opinion \| The Unsolvable Task of Managing the Dollar - WSJ Netanyahu and His Main Opponent Disagree on Many Things—but Not Israel’s Security - WSJ Serbia’s Gen Z Students Toppled a Strongman. Now Comes the Hard Part. - WSJ Christine Lagarde’s Lonely Next Act: Defender of a Fading Globalist Order - WSJ The Fast-Cash Advances Draining America’s Small Businesses - WSJ American Speculators and Prospectors Find It’s Hard to Make Money in Greenland - WSJ Corrections & Amplifications - WSJ Opinion \| GOP Will Find Prosperity Is More Popular Than ‘Populism’ - WSJ Japan Vows to Fortify Cyber Defenses as GMO Hack Hits Forex Brokers - WSJ BYD Profit Jumps on Strong Exports but Misses Estimates - WSJ Apple Knows Some iPhone Duos Have a Major Issue - WSJ European Indexes Largely Lower as AI Selloff Bites - WSJ The Morning Risk Report: Binance Resumes Withdrawals After Suffering Biggest-Ever Crypto Hack - WSJ Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CNN cnn.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:cnn.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:cnn.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:cnn.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:cnn.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:cnn.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:cnn.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 7 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Election officials brace for foreign threats — and an unpredictable Washington - CNN The new frontier for ads is racist cartoon AI musical microdrama - CNN Elections 2026 Pete Hegseth’s political future could be on the line if Democrats win the House - CNN What do Kylian Mbappé and Hello Kitty have in common? They’ve both angered China - CNN How to grow a nest egg while protecting it from inflation and market drops - CNN Sitemap - October 2026 - CNN Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Fox News foxnews.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:foxnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:foxnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:foxnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:foxnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:foxnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:foxnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 2024 Senate Race Results Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement for AI models Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NBC News nbcnews.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:nbcnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:nbcnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:nbcnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:nbcnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:nbcnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:nbcnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 2026 Texas Elections Tracking the 2026 early vote Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CBS News cbsnews.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:cbsnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:cbsnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:cbsnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:cbsnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:cbsnews.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:cbsnews.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) Own site search: HTTP 406 (could not use)
ABC News abcnews.go.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:abcnews.go.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:abcnews.go.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:abcnews.go.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:abcnews.go.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:abcnews.go.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:abcnews.go.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NPR npr.org	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:npr.org after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:npr.org" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:npr.org after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:npr.org" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:npr.org after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:npr.org" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Elections Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
USA Today usatoday.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:usatoday.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:usatoday.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:usatoday.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:usatoday.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:usatoday.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:usatoday.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Bloomberg bloomberg.com	Not found	google-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:bloomberg.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "Indian election consultants bots site:bloomberg.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:bloomberg.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "India political consultants abroad bots site:bloomberg.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) google-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:bloomberg.com after:2026-10-26 before:2026-11-03" bing-news: "election consultants bots Kenya Suriname site:bloomberg.com" (dates filtered 2026-10-26–2026-11-03) 7 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story All Technology Insights - Bloomberg China Solar Recovery Still a Long Way Off Despite Margin Gains - Bloomberg China’s Oil Majors Get More Firepower for Energy Security Push - Bloomberg Where to Invest 1 Crore Rupees: Stocks, Gold and Some Overseas Bets - Bloomberg ‘Superfakes’ Sold Online to Americans to Get Closer Look From US Trade Officials - Bloomberg Oil Markets on Edge Amid Elections, War - Bloomberg.com What Freud Would Call Gamers’ Hatred of AI - Bloomberg.com Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)

First pickup

We published: Nov 2, 2026 (ET).

No major-outlet article with a verified date yet.

Check history

Checked (ET)	Check	O-Score	Confirmed outlets	What changed
Nov 2, 2026, 10:49 AM ET	initial	10 Fully overlooked	0	No change
Nov 2, 2026, 2:40 PM ET	recheck	10 Fully overlooked	0	No change

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google-news site: search with after:/before: dates (3 term variants)
bing-news site: search, results filtered to the window (3 term variants)
Google News wire search (terms + “Reuters” / “Associated Press”) to catch wire copies; only articles on each outlet’s own site count
editor read of every candidate headline; each counted match was opened, or the block recorded

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