WikiLeaks reveals US concerns over Televisa-Peña Nieto links in
2009  US cables back Guardian claims that Mexican presidential
election frontrunner has been paying for favourable TV coverage
A US cable claimed Televisa gave the Mexico State governor
Enrique Peña Nieto wide coverage One US cable from 2009 claimed
it was widely accepted that Televisa provided the then governor
of Mexico State, Enrique Peña Nieto, with an extraordinary
amount of coverage. Photograph: Reuters   US diplomats raised
concerns that the frontrunner in Mexico's presidential election,
Enrique Peña Nieto, was paying for favourable TV coverage as far
back as 2009, according to state department cables released by
WikiLeaks.  Allegations that coverage by the country's main
television network was biased in favour of Peña Nieto have
triggered a wave of student demonstrations in the runup to the
election on 1 July. The claims are supported by documents seen
by the Guardian, which also implicate other politicians in
buying news and entertainmen