Because the coverage doesn't reflect the polls? Is your logic "He's not suppressed - if he's not getting covered it means he's irrelevant. If polls show he is

Because the coverage doesn't reflect the polls? Is your logic "He's not suppressed - if he's not getting covered it means he's irrelevant. If polls show he is relevant, your awareness of the polls counts as coverage, and so he isn't being suppressed."? No matter what the facts were, you'd conclude from them no suppression is happening.