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What kind of live media event undermined Brazil's frontrunner by exposing his illiteracy just before the 1989 presidential runoff?
Answer
A televised debate
In the final stretch of Brazil's 1989 campaign, a televised debate between the runoff candidates revealed that the leading contender could not read, shaking voter confidence ahead of the vote.
💡 Did you know?
Brazil's 1989 election was decided by a single televised debate where the frontrunner's opponent exposed him as illiterate on live TV.
Other options people guess
- A radio call-in show
- A newspaper interview
- A live press conference
Topics
- elections
- brazil
- media
- 1980s
- politics
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