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===Media coverage===

Gabbard has received little news coverage relative to her polling position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-2020-media-attention-acc2652a-e43b-45fb-8e88-42e606ab0be8.html|title=Andrew Yang gets media cold shoulder|last=Rothschild|first=Neal|last2=Fischer|first2=Sara|date=September 3, 2019|website=Axios|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031222316/https://www.axios.com/andrew-yang-2020-media-attention-acc2652a-e43b-45fb-8e88-42e606ab0be8.html|archive-date=2019-10-31|access-date=2019-10-10}} </ref> In addition, much of the coverage her campaign has received has been negative. In May 2019, Rolling Stone's [[Matt Taibbi]] stated, "we have hit a new low in campaign hit pieces" after critical coverage of Gabbard's campaign in The Daily Beast, CNN and Politico.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taibbi|first=Matt| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/taibbi-tulsi-gabbard-bernie-sanders-trump-2020-838156|title=We've Hit a New Low in Campaign Hit Pieces|work=Rolling Stone|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> Following the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums#Second debates (July 30–31, 2019)|second presidential debate]], Sky News' James Morrow stated, the media has "Russia paranoia"<ref>{{cite news |last=Morrow|first=James|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6067825857001|title=Democrat elites tarring Gabbard as a "Russian stooge"|work=Sky News Australia|date=August 4, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref> and [[A.B. Stoddard]], the associate editor of Real Clear Politics described the situation as "there are serious knives out for Tulsi Gabbard".<ref>{{cite news|last=Keilar|first=Brianna|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1908/01/crn.02.html|title=Gabbard Confronted On Syria And Remarks About Assad|work=CNN|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

In September 2019, Vanity Fair summarized the media coverage of Gabbard's presidential campaign as "the press hates Gabbard even more than it hates Sanders".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/which-democrats-are-secretly-running-for-second-place |title=Veepstakes 2020: Which Democrats Are Secretly Running for Second Place? |website=Vanity Fair|first=T.A.|last=Frank|language=en|date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'s news anchor [[Krystal Ball]] and Chief Washington Correspondent Saagar Enjeti both describe Gabbard as "the most unfairly maligned person in Washington".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuldiNoPlE&t=5m19s |title=Saagar Enjeti: Tulsi's outstanding answer on identity politics |publisher=The Hill|first=Krystal|last=Ball|first2=Saagar |last2=Enjeti| date=September 26, 2019 |access-date=2019-09-30}}</ref> Lexico-statistical analysis confirmed that she received the most negative coverage during the June-September period.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.storybench.org/gabbard-booker-and-biden-get-most-negative-media-coverage-over-last-four-months/|title=Gabbard, Booker and Biden get most negative media coverage over last four months|last=Bajak|first=Aleszu|publisher=Storybench|date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>