O-Score proof

The Eastern Band of Cherokee will break ground next week on North Carolina's first tribal national veterans cemetery

10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of Nov 3 (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 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.

Status history (2 events, ET)

2:14 PM ET, Nov 3, 2026 O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
2:18 PM ET, Nov 3, 2026 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: Google News (5 term variants for AP, Reuters and The Washington Post; 3 for the others) and Bing News (5 variants, outlet domain only) were both used. AP, Reuters and CBS News block direct site search, and the other 10 outlets’ site search only loads in a live browser. A single search engine can miss articles, so this score may go down on recheck.

Checked Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 PM ET · search window: 40 days back from the check.

Every outlet

Outlet	Result	Searches run
AP apnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" google-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 13 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family land in Miami - AP News Whether ‘stringing’ or ‘looping,’ tobacco is tie that binds many North Carolina farm families - AP News Macron blames ‘foreign leaders’ for trying to exploit France’s tense social climate - AP News Appeals court judges question the government about Trump's DC National Guard deployment - AP News Villanova relies on ‘power of the pope’ going into Rome doubleheader against Notre Dame - AP News Young Israeli voters split ahead of national elections as scars from Oct. 7 fuel deep divisions - AP News Atlantic hurricanes starting with ‘I’ typically bring death and destruction. Isaias is up next - AP News Villages evacuated as flash flood from Budhi Gandaki river hits northern Nepal - AP News Giant boring machines ready to carve new Hudson River rail link - AP News Five cheetah cubs at Prague zoo thrive after weather scare and mother’s illness - AP News Shark trapped in South Korea canal as authorities fail to guide it to open sea - AP News AP Top News for 2 October - AP News Stallone on memoir: ‘The one thing I didn’t want to write about is my life’ - AP News Own site search: HTTP 403 (could not use)
Reuters reuters.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" google-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Afghan war's deadliest year - Reuters North Carolina News \| Today's Latest Stories \| Reuters Asia Pacific North Korea News \| Today's Latest Stories \| Reuters Own site search: HTTP 401 (could not use)
The New York Times nytimes.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Julia Scheeres - The New York Times Retracing Harry Kane’s journey in a day, from a London park to the Ballon d’Or - The Athletic - The New York Times Disaster! - The New York Times Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Washington Post washingtonpost.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" google-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Trump’s arch would cast shadow on Arlington graves, including Kennedy’s Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
The Wall Street Journal wsj.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CNN cnn.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story CNN Newsroom - CNN Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Fox News foxnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NBC News nbcnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story 2026 North Carolina Elections Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
CBS News cbsnews.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: HTTP 406 (could not use)
ABC News abcnews.go.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
NPR npr.org	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
USA Today usatoday.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story Blue skies, blue water, blue hour: 55 photos to inspire your next shot Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)
Bloomberg bloomberg.com	Not found	google-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" google-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" google-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Cherokee veterans cemetery" bing-news:"Burgess-Oocumma" bing-news:"tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina" bing-news:"Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use)

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, 2:14 PM ET	initial	10 Fully overlooked	0	No change

Search terms

“Cherokee veterans cemetery”, “Burgess-Oocumma”, “tribal veterans cemetery North Carolina”, “Eastern Band Cherokee cemetery”

Method

bing-news site: (4 term variants per outlet)
google-news site: tried once per outlet; partly available
direct open of every possible match on the outlet’s site
extra Bing News headline searches for wire copies on other outlets
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.