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Judi Lynn

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Thu May 24, 2012, 01:05 AM May 2012

Thousands of students protest media coverage of Mexico’s presidential election

Thousands of students protest media coverage of Mexico’s presidential election
By Associated Press, Published: May 23

MEXICO CITY — Thousands of university students marched through central Mexico City on Wednesday to protest media coverage that they say favors the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections.

The students say newspapers and television stations are tilting their coverage toward Enrique Pena Nieto, who is leading polls by double digits ahead of the July 1 vote.

Many of the students were from the elite Iberoamerican University, where a May 11 appearance by Pena Nieto set off a rare wave of protests by young people against a return to the presidency of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 70 years before it was voted out in 2000.

The students say Mexico’s largest television channel, Televisa, was particularly biased in its coverage of the rally and the campaign in general. Many finished the march at Televisa’s studios, where Pena Nieto was appearing on a live interview show.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/thousands-of-students-protest-media-coverage-of-mexicos-presidential-election/2012/05/23/gJQAcRuolU_story.html

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