Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff?

Of the 19 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 53% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 5% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 29. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 19 rated outlets on this story, 53% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 5% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff biased?

Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff is one event reported by 29 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Brazilian students protest Bolsonaro ahead of election runoff?

29 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Why did students march in Rio de Janeiro?

Thousands of Brazilian students marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest against the possibility of Flávio Bolsonaro winning the presidency. They also expressed fears for democracy, sovereignty, and Brazil's political direction.

Who will face each other in Brazil's presidential runoff election?

Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face each other in a runoff election on October 25. This follows the first round where neither candidate secured the required 50% of the vote to win outright.

Did Flávio Bolsonaro receive more votes than Lula da Silva in the first round?

Yes, Flávio Bolsonaro received more votes than Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil's presidential election. CTV News reported he received 2 million more votes than da Silva.