O-Score proof
UNOFFICIAL: Mentor Public Schools Issue 5 3.5-mill levy at 15,484–15,313 (171 votes) with all 45 precincts reported (News-Herald; district; Lake County unofficial PDF)
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked[object Object] · 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 (1 event, ET)
- Published
The math
- Outlets checked: 9 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: Outlets unchecked this run (AP, NBC News, CBS News, NPR) due to Google News HTTP 503 timeouts; 9/13 returned. Also method limit: RSS-only scan cannot exhaustively prove absence. Rejected off-topic candidates are receipts, not the provisional trigger.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 4:17 PM ET · search window: 7 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:reuters.com" (planned; google-primary this run) |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:nytimes.com" (planned; google-primary this run) 5 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:cnn.com" (planned; google-primary this run) 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:foxnews.com" (planned; google-primary this run) 4 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News nbcnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Could not check | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Could not check | google-news: ""Mentor Schools" OR "Mentor Public Schools" levy Issue site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:usatoday.com" (planned; google-primary this run) 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy Ohio site:bloomberg.com" (planned; google-primary this run) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid Date ET | 10 | NaN | No change |
Search terms
“Mentor Schools Issue 5 levy”, “Mentor "15,484" "15,313" levy”, “Mentor Exempted Village 3.5-mill”
Method
- google-news-rss-site
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.