BND - Brazil extends voting hours in presidential runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro

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Brazil extends voting hours in presidential runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro

Oct 23, 8 PM ET to Oct 26, 4 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

39outlets carried it
🫏21 · 7 · 10🐘left · center · right
2.3 dayson the front pages
38front pages at once, at its peak
128 minof TV captions
6radio newscasts
324people retold it online

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 23, 8 PM ETfirst on a front page: PBS NewsHour
Oct 23, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 25, 2 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 25, 4 AM ETretold online by 324 people
Oct 26, 3 AM ETpeak: on 38 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 23, 8 PM to Oct 26, 4 AM ET (peak 38), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 8 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (CNBC, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Newsmax, PBS NewsHour, The Guardian, The Washington Times)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire Drudge Report

💬 quoted: “anyone's backyard,” “Donroe Doctrine” “Impossible To Concede” “Annulled” “impossible to concede” “annulled” 2 “Brazil Will Win” “tipping Point?”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 tense lula vs bolsonaro

✏️ 27 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (3 wordings): “Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff with US influence over Latin America at stake” → “Bolsonaro calls for Brazil election results to be ‘annulled’ after loss to Lula”
BBC (5 wordings): “Who are the candidates in Brazil's presidential election?” → “Watch: How President Lula turned it around to beat Flávio Bolsonaro”
Bloomberg (8 wordings): “Bolsonaro and Lula in Dead Heat a Day Before Runoff, Poll Shows” → “Lula Wins Record Fourth Term in Surprise Brazil Comeback”
Breitbart (4 wordings): “Brazil: Bolsonaro Ahead of Lula in Most Polls Hours Before Runoff” → “Marxist Lula Beats Bolsonaro in Brazil Presidential Election”
CBS News (4 wordings): “Brazil votes in tense presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro” → “Lula wins 4th term as Brazil's president, but Bolsonaro rejects results”
CNBC (2 wordings): “Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours” → “Brazil's Lula takes early lead in presidential runoff vote”
CNN (8 wordings): “Brazil’s election tests Lula’s leftist legacy against Bolsonaro’s right-wing movement” → “Lula wins, keeping Brazil left as Latin America shifts right His rival Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, said he would not accept the election results and would mount a legal challenge”
Chicago Tribune (3 wordings): “Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro close arguments to voters ahead of nail-biting election runoff” → “Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins reelection in Brazil, securing fourth presidential term”
Financial Times (6 wordings): “Bolsonaro and Lula face off in knife-edge Brazil election” → “How Lula turned his election fortunes around in three weeks”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Brazil presidential election puts Latin America's conservative wave to the test” → “Conservative wave hits roadblock in Brazil as Lula holds off Bolsonaro challenge”
HuffPost (8 wordings): “Bolsonaro And Lula Clash In Final Brazil Election Debate” → “BRAZIL STUNNER: Lula Back From The Brink… Bolsonaro Intransigent: 'Impossible To Concede'...”
Independent Journal Review (2 wordings): “Poll Shows Lula, Bolsonaro Tied in Runoff” → “Brazil Runoff Pits Lula Against Bolsonaro Amid Debt Pressures”
Just the News (3 wordings): “Brazil votes in high-stakes presidential runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro” → “Lula beats Bolsonaro in Brazil presidential election after judge extends voting by two hours”
NBC News (4 wordings): “Brazil votes in pivotal runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro Jr.” → “Lula, Brazil’s iconic working-class president, wins historic fourth term over Flávio Bolsonaro”
NPR (2 wordings): “Brazil's runoff: Lula's legacy vs. Bolsonaro's dynasty” → “Brazil's left-wing President Lula elected for fourth term”
New York Times (3 wordings): “As Brazil Prepares for Election Runoff, a Town Offers Clues to Bolsonaro’s Rise” → “Could Lula Be on the Brink of Defeat in Brazil’s Election?”
Newsmax (8 wordings): “How Close Is the Amazon to a 'tipping Point?' Brazil’s Election Could Help Shape Its Future” → “Trump Critic Lula Wins Reelection in Brazil, Securing Fourth Term”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Brazil Election: Trump Ally Bolsonaro vs. Lula Final Polls and Odds” → “Donald Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Faces Setback as Lula Wins in Brazil”
PBS NewsHour (2 wordings): “Brazil's high-stakes presidential runoff could reshape country's future” → “Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs. Bolsonaro runoff with U.S. influence over Latin America at stake”
Reuters (14 wordings): “Lula, Bolsonaro rally supporters on final day before Brazil presidential runoff” → “Brazil heads back to the future as Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula win”
Semafor (2 wordings): “Brazil's energy course may hold after election, but Amazon at risk” → “Brazil votes in narrow presidential runoff”
The Epoch Times (5 wordings): “Brazilians Vote in Tight Presidential Runoff Between Lula and Bolsonaro” → “Brazil’s Lula Wins Reelection, Bolsonaro to Request Election Annulment”
The Gateway Pundit (4 wordings): “The Cheat Is On: Lula’s Personal Supreme Court Justice Extends Presidential Election for Two Hours” → “BREAKING: Flavio Bolsonaro Calls for Election to be “Annulled” – Extending Voting Hours Has NEVER Happened Before in Brazil’s History!”
The Guardian (9 wordings): “More than one million Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff” → “Lula wins fourth term as president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro”
The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff as extended voting hours cause confusion” → “Lula wins reelection in Brazil, halting Latin America’s rightward shift”
Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president” → “Lula declared winner in Brazil as Bolsonaro rejects results”
Yahoo News (2 wordings): “Brazil reelects Trump critic Lula, bucking Latin America’s rightward shift” → “Trump critic Lula wins reelection in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro rejects results”

Every outlet's first headline (39), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Bolsonaro And Lula Clash In Final Brazil Election Debate Oct 24, 4 PM ET
Jacobin Lula Must Win. Now It Looks Like He Can. Oct 23, 2 PM ET
Mother Jones Lula’s Suprise Win Blocks Trump’s Push for a Far-Right Brazil Oct 25, 9 PM ET
The Guardian More than one million Lula supporters rally on eve of Brazilian election runoff Oct 24, 6 PM ET
The Intercept The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election Oct 23, 6 AM ET
AP Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff with US influence over Latin America at stake Oct 25, 9 AM ET
Axios Lula beats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidential election Oct 25, 9 PM ET
CBS News Brazil votes in tense presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Oct 25, 4 PM ET
CNBC Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours Oct 25, 6 PM ET
CNN Brazil’s election tests Lula’s leftist legacy against Bolsonaro’s right-wing movement Oct 25, 1 AM ET
Los Angeles Times Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs. Bolsonaro runoff, with U.S. influence in Latin America at stake Oct 25, 1 PM ET
NBC News Brazil votes in pivotal runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro Jr. Oct 25, 5 AM ET
NPR Brazil's runoff: Lula's legacy vs. Bolsonaro's dynasty Oct 23, 6 AM ET
New York Times As Brazil Prepares for Election Runoff, a Town Offers Clues to Bolsonaro’s Rise Oct 23, 7 AM ET
PBS NewsHour Brazil's high-stakes presidential runoff could reshape country's future Oct 23, 8 PM ET
Semafor Brazil's energy course may hold after election, but Amazon at risk Oct 22, 10 AM ET
The Economist Lula, the great survivor, makes history Oct 26, 3 AM ET
The Independent Brazilian election: Lula da Silva wins historic fourth term Oct 25, 9 PM ET
The Washington Post Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff as extended voting hours cause confusion Oct 25, 9 PM ET
USA Today Trump denied close ally in Brazil as Lula completes stunning comeback Oct 25, 11 PM ET
Yahoo News Brazil reelects Trump critic Lula, bucking Latin America’s rightward shift Oct 25, 10 PM ET
BBC Who are the candidates in Brazil's presidential election? Oct 24, 7 PM ET
Bloomberg Bolsonaro and Lula in Dead Heat a Day Before Runoff, Poll Shows Oct 24, 7 PM ET
Chicago Tribune Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro close arguments to voters ahead of nail-biting election runoff Oct 24, 8 PM ET
Financial Times Bolsonaro and Lula face off in knife-edge Brazil election Oct 25, 2 AM ET
Fortune Trump critic Lula wins reelection, saying Brazil is not ‘anyone’s backyard,’ while Bolsonaro asks for results to be annulled Oct 26, 1 AM ET
Newsweek Brazil Election: Trump Ally Bolsonaro vs. Lula Final Polls and Odds Oct 25, 7 AM ET
Reuters Lula, Bolsonaro rally supporters on final day before Brazil presidential runoff Oct 24, 8 PM ET
Just the News Brazil votes in high-stakes presidential runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro Oct 25, 4 PM ET
The Epoch Times Brazilians Vote in Tight Presidential Runoff Between Lula and Bolsonaro Oct 25, 2 PM ET
The Sun LULA REMAINS Lula, 80, re-elected as Brazil president as vocal Trump critic beats Bolsonaro Oct 25, 10 PM ET
The Washington Times Brazil votes in a tense Lula vs Bolsonaro runoff with U.S. influence over Latin America at stake Oct 25, 3 PM ET
Washington Examiner Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president Oct 25, 12 AM ET
Breitbart Brazil: Bolsonaro Ahead of Lula in Most Polls Hours Before Runoff Oct 23, 4 PM ET
Fox News Brazil presidential election puts Latin America's conservative wave to the test Oct 25, 9 AM ET
IJR Poll Shows Lula, Bolsonaro Tied in Runoff Oct 24, 11 PM ET
Newsmax How Close Is the Amazon to a 'tipping Point?' Brazil’s Election Could Help Shape Its Future Oct 23, 9 AM ET
The Gateway Pundit The Cheat Is On: Lula’s Personal Supreme Court Justice Extends Presidential Election for Two Hours Oct 25, 6 PM ET
Zeteo Brazil Must Choose a President – Lula or Bolsonaro. Think It’s a No-Brainer? Think Again Oct 22, 12 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News127 min

CNN51 s

Brazil's run-off as Lula and Bolsonaro face off BBC News, 22 min
Lula and Bolsonaro cast votes in Brazil poll BBC News, 14 min
Polls open in Brazil's Presidential elections BBC News, 13 min
President Lula seeks fourth term in office BBC News, 9 min
Lula and Bolsonaro go head to head in Brazil election BBC News, 7 min
Brazil votes in final round of presidential election on Sunday BBC News, 6 min
Final hour of polling in Brazil election BBC News, 6 min
Brazilians prepare to vote on Sunday BBC News, 5 min

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 25, 4:09 PM ET: story 5 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 12:09 PM ET: story 4 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 10:10 AM ET: story 6 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 8:10 AM ET: story 3 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 7:10 AM ET: story 7 of 7
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 2:10 AM ET: story 5 of 8

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