Crossfiled6 outlets · filed 25 October 2026
Brazil counts votes in presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilians are choosing between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro in a polarizing presidential election.
Reuters
What the coverage shows
Both outlets frame the story as a head-to-head runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with BBC News repeatedly centering a candidate explainer and Democracy Now! adding context about the race’s closeness. The BBC’s extracts stick to the basic matchup and label the candidates in broad terms, while Democracy Now! is the only outlet here to foreground how AI, Meta and evangelicals could sway the contest.
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