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Lula wins fourth term in Brazil as Bolsonaro rejects result
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff election, Brazil's electoral court said.[20, 27] With 100% of the vote counted, the electoral court announced Lula had a lead of nearly 4.4 million votes; Democracy Now! reported the margin as 4 million votes, and The Daily Wire reported the result as 51.8% to 48.2%.[1, 18, 35] Lula had lost the first round to Bolsonaro three weeks earlier, making the win a comeback that defied polls and prediction markets that had favored Bolsonaro.[8, 16, 40]
President Trump said Monday that the Brazilian election looked 'rigged' and 'corrupt.'[14, 37] The result triggered a sharp sell-off in Brazilian and international financial markets Monday, with Brazil's main stock index dropping to a two-month low.[25, 36] Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro; Democracy Now! reported the elder Bolsonaro remains under house arrest for plotting a coup against Lula, while The Hill reported he is serving a 27-year prison sentence.[1, 23]
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Where accounts differ (1)
- Earlier and later reportsThe status of former President Jair Bolsonaro differs: Democracy Now! reported he remains under house arrest for plotting a coup, while The Hill reported he is serving a 27-year prison sentence.[1, 23]
- Democracy Now! · Left · Oct 26, 8:16 a.m. ET Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office, defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by 4 million votes in a runoff election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of…
- The Hill · Center · Oct 26, 2:59 p.m. ET Democrats, world leaders congratulate Trump critic Lula on reelection in Brazil
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. and world leaders congratulated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula and an outspoken critic of President Trump, for winning an unprecedented fourth term…
- Democracy Now! · Left · Oct 26, 8:16 a.m. ET Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 38 rated outlets that covered it, 11 are left of center (5 of them in the Left group), 16 are center and 11 are right of center (8 of them in the Right group). 5 more are not rated.
- Left: Democracy Now! (−2.47), Jacobin (−2.03), Mother Jones (−1.71), The Real News Network (−1.68), The American Prospect (−1.29).
- Leans left: The New Republic (−1.09), MS NOW (−0.76), The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), NPR (−0.68), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Vanity Fair (−0.61), NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), TIME (−0.40), Fortune (−0.25), Foreign Policy (−0.20), ABC News (−0.19), International Business Times (−0.14), CBS News (−0.14), The Christian Science Monitor (−0.09), Axios (−0.05), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63), New York Post (+0.64), The American Conservative (+1.06).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), Blaze Media (+1.71), RedState (+1.87), Breitbart (+2.03), The Daily Wire (+2.07), Conservative Review (+2.76).
Not rated Al Jazeera, BBC News, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Semafor. Not placed: they have no lean score.
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