O-Score proof
Mason County, W.Va., voters approve school levy that could bring an extra $90 million from two data centers
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.
Status history (3 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Published as breaking news
- 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: All 13 outlets were checked through Google News and Bing News site searches; their own site search could not be run directly, and one related WSJ article (Oct. 26) is paywalled and was not read.
Checked Nov 3, 2026, 10:52 PM ET · coverage window: 2026-09-24 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 | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| Reuters,reuters.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| The New York Times,nytimes.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| The Washington Post,washingtonpost.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| The Wall Street Journal,wsj.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| CNN,cnn.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| Fox News,foxnews.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| NBC News,nbcnews.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| CBS News,cbsnews.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| ABC News,abcnews.go.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| NPR,npr.org | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| USA Today,usatoday.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
| Bloomberg,bloomberg.com | Not found | Mason County levy Mason County data center Mason County schools West Virginia |
Related coverage, not counted
The Wall Street Journal: The Four Places Where the Midterms Will Decide the Fate of Data Centers (2026-10-26).
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, 10:52 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Mason County levy”, “Mason County data center”, “Mason County schools West Virginia”
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.