[dragonwriter]

> Klobuchar didn't get any coverage until her outstanding debate performance and then her polls picked up.

Klobuchar was getting lots of coverage, including major media endorsements (like the NY Times, which did a weird split endorsement of her and Warren), before the debate performance, and even after she's still barely registering in the polls nationally, polling at around 5% on average

[nl]

I think after the primaries start performance in the primaries (especially unexpected performance) is a better indicator of expected media coverage.

[DataWorker]

PBS also seemed to like klobuchar long before anyone else knew the name.