O-Score proof
Greenville County, S.C., penny sales tax fails again as all four cities pass their own, Post and Courier reports
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 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Why this is in the archive: We published this as breaking news at 11:11 PM ET on Nov 3, 2026. Breaking stories stay on the Breaking page for 24 hours, so it was moved to the archive at 11:11 PM ET on Nov 4, 2026. Its link has not changed. (Not yet logged; the daily recheck will record it.)
Status history (5 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score recheck: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours)
- Moved to the archive (24-hour breaking rule) · not yet logged
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: All 13 outlets were checked through Google News and Bing News site searches; their own site search could not be run directly.
Checked Nov 3, 2026, 11:10 PM ET · coverage window: 2026-09-25 to 2026-11-03 (40 days, built around this story’s publish date of 2026-11-03). Scored after publication.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP,apnews.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters,reuters.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The New York Times,nytimes.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| The Washington Post,washingtonpost.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| The Wall Street Journal,wsj.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CNN,cnn.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| Fox News,foxnews.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| NBC News,nbcnews.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| CBS News,cbsnews.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News,abcnews.go.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| NPR,npr.org | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
| USA Today,usatoday.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg,bloomberg.com | Not found | Greenville County penny tax Greenville penny sales tax Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax |
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, 11:10 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
| Nov 4, 2026, 4:29 PM ET | recheck | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | Held for review, not counted: USA Today — Voters deny Greenville County penny tax, approve four city plans. headline/body do not name the story (headline terms: 0, body terms: 1) |
Search terms
“Greenville County penny tax”, “Greenville penny sales tax”, “Simpsonville Mauldin Travelers Rest sales tax”
Method
- google-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- 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.