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Brazil heads to presidential runoff after Flávio Bolsonaro leads first round

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 8 16 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 5 Oct 18:23 UTC · Flávio Bolsonaro Leads Lula as Brazil’s Presidential Election Heads to Runoff 6 Oct 00:18 UTC · Brazil heads to presidential runoff after Flávio Bolsonaro leads first round

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 18:23 UTC

    Flávio Bolsonaro Leads Lula as Brazil’s Presidential Election Heads to Runoff

  2. 6 Oct, 00:18 UTC

    Brazil heads to presidential runoff after Flávio Bolsonaro leads first round

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Flavio Bolsonaro · 2 outlets
  • Jair Bolsonaro · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.