O-Score proof
BREAKING / TIME-SENSITIVE / UNOFFICIAL: Denton City Council District 1 — Sunny Busby advances to Dec. 12 runoff; Kris Cox and Michael Herron tied at 1,548 for the second slot
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of publish · 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 (3 events, ET)
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
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: Headline search only (Google News and Bing News, query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched). Candidates were unrelated; a headline search can miss articles, so this may change on recheck.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 8:40 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:apnews.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:apnews.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:apnews.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:reuters.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:reuters.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:reuters.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:nytimes.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:washingtonpost.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:wsj.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:wsj.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:cnn.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:cnn.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:foxnews.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:nbcnews.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:cbsnews.com" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:npr.org" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:npr.org" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:npr.org" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:npr.org" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:npr.org" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:npr.org" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:usatoday.com" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
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| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Denton City Council Busby runoff site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Cox Herron 1548 Denton site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Denton District 1 Busby Cox Herron”, “Denton City Council Busby runoff”, “Cox Herron 1548 Denton”
Method
- google-news
- bing-news
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.