{"id":"1792887692456-news-segment","slug":"brazil-runoff-dead-even","title":"Brazil runoff dead even","summary":"Multiple polls released on Saturday show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Lula da Silva statistically tied ahead of Sunday's runoff, with Bolsonaro slightly ahead in most surveys but within the margin of error.","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T00:21:32.456Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"News Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Multiple polls released on Saturday show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Lula da Silva statistically tied ahead of Sunday's runoff, with Bolsonaro slightly ahead in most surveys but within the margin of error.\nSource: Reuters via [internazionale.it](https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/10/25/flavio-bolsonaro-lula-about-even-ahead-of-brazil-election-runoff (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2114149954885218435)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Multiple polls released on Saturday show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Lula da Silva statistically tied ahead of Sunday's runoff, with Bolsonaro slightly ahead in most surveys but within the margin of error.","sourceName":"Reuters via [internazionale.it](https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/10/25/flavio-bolsonaro-lula-about-even-ahead-of-brazil-election-runoff","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2114149954885218435","claim":"Bolsonaro, Lula about even in polls for Brazil runoff vote https://t.co/9GMs1S2fHs https://t.co/9GMs1S2fHs","author":"@Reuters"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2114149954885218435","name":"Reuters via [internazionale.it](https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/10/25/flavio-bolsonaro-lula-about-even-ahead-of-brazil-election-runoff","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Reuters"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792887692456-news-segment-brazil-runoff-dead-even","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792887692456-news-segment-brazil-runoff-dead-even","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792887692456-news-segment-brazil-runoff-dead-even and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Speaking of missile reports, one journalist on Bluesky, Mark Chadbourn, says Ukraine hit an Ozon warehouse in Omsk."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a major Russian e-commerce hub, deep inside Russia. But I should say: we haven't confirmed that strike."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If it's true, that's a serious escalation in range. Omsk is over a thousand miles from the Ukrainian border."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Ukraine's been hitting Russian logistics for months, but this would be one of the deepest strikes yet. No official word from Kyiv or Moscow yet."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And you can bet the Russians will respond. They've been hitting Ukrainian energy infrastructure hard this fall."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Speaking of reactions, here's one that's pure internet. A post on X says Elon Musk must be put in prison because he's 'actively affecting the battlefield in favor of Russia.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a leap. A big one. And it's built on the Starlink story that's been swirling for weeks."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The claim has been that Starlink access in Ukraine has been throttled or manipulated. Musk has denied it repeatedly."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But that hasn't stopped the mob. Every time a missile lands, someone blames Elon. It's become a reflex."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the facts matter. We covered the Starlink speed reports earlier. The data is messy, and the accusations are mostly from anonymous accounts."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This post is not evidence of anything. It's anger looking for a target. And Musk is a big one."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He's also a guy who provided Starlink to Ukraine when nobody else could. You can criticize him, but 'must be put in prison' is fantasy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's the internet doing what it does: verdict first, trial later."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And there's a darker side to that tonight. A post from someone going by Boris Trull on X, aimed at people who support Ukraine but haven't donated."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He called them 'fat fucks' and asked how much money they've actually sent."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the kind of purity test that makes movements collapse. You're either perfectly committed or you're the enemy."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And it's not just rude. It's strategically stupid. You don't win people to a cause by insulting them."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Plenty of people support Ukraine by voting, by writing, by housing refugees. Not everyone can wire money to a drone fund."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But this is the world now. You post a flag, and eight hours later someone's demanding your bank statement."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Plenty of people will keep that noise going. The rest of us can just log off for a bit."}]}