O-Score proof
Kenya’s Phoebe Okowa wins a full nine-year term on the International Court of Justice after the UN General Assembly and Security Council split over the last seat
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 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: Checked through Google News and Bing News site searches only (top 5 results per outlet and query); outlets' own site search was not run.
Checked Nov 4, 2026, 1:11 AM ET · search window: days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP,apnews.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| Reuters,reuters.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| The New York Times,nytimes.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| The Washington Post,washingtonpost.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| The Wall Street Journal,wsj.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| CNN,cnn.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| Fox News,foxnews.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| NBC News,nbcnews.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| CBS News,cbsnews.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| ABC News,abcnews.go.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| NPR,npr.org | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| USA Today,usatoday.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
| Bloomberg,bloomberg.com | Not found | Phoebe Okowa Okowa International Court of Justice ICJ judges elected Okowa International Court of Justice judges UN elects Dapo Akande |
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, 1:11 AM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Phoebe Okowa”, “Okowa International Court of Justice”, “ICJ judges elected”, “Okowa”, “International Court of Justice judges UN elects”, “Dapo Akande”
Method
- google-news site: (3 term variants per outlet, 40-day and 3-day passes)
- bing-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- editor read of every candidate headline
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.