MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have set up a protest camp outside the offices of Mexican television network Televisa, saying the broadcaster favored winning presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto. The protesters say they will stay on the streets surrounding the network's news division until the end of Friday. The one-day blockade is organized by a student protest movement, union and leftist groups. Pena Nieto is married to a Televisa sopa opera star. Protesters claim the network unfairly promoted Pena Nieto's image. The network denies those accusations. Pena Nieto won the July 1 presidential elections by a 6.6-percent margin over leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Lopez Obrador claimed Pena Nieto bought votes, and says the election results should be overturned and an interim president be named until a new vote is held.
Mexican protesters target television network
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Protestors gather outside the Mexican television network Televisa headquarters in Mexico City, Friday, July 27, 2012. Hundreds of protesters have set up a protest camp outside the offices of the media company, saying the broadcaster favored winning presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto. The one-day blockade is organized by a student protest movement, union and leftist groups who say they will stay on the streets surrounding the network's news division until the end of Friday, claiming the network unfairly promoted Pena Nieto's image. The network denies those accusations. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A university student of the #YoSoy132 movement chants slogans outside the Mexican television network Televisa headquarters, holding a wanted posted with the image of Televisa's CEO, Emilio Azcarraga, in Mexico City, Friday, July 27, 2012. Hundreds of protesters have set up a protest camp outside the offices of the media company, saying the broadcaster favored winning presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto. The one-day blockade is organized by a student protest movement, union and leftist groups who say they will stay on the streets surrounding the network's news division until the end of Friday, claiming the network unfairly promoted Pena Nieto's image. The network denies those accusations. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A cordon of police surround the perimeters of the Mexican television network Televisa headquarters as protestors occupy the streets surrounding the network's news division, in Mexico City, Friday, July 27, 2012. Hundreds of protesters have set up a protest camp outside the offices of the media company, saying the broadcaster favored winning presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, promoting his image. The network denies the accusations. The one-day blockade is organized by a student protest movement, union and leftist groups who say they will stay until the end of Friday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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