What if Romney is so far ahead in the internal, real, polls, that insiders know Obama doesn't have a chance, debate or no. What if the media know that they have been screwing the polls, know that they have been called on it, and know that the people believe they have been lying with polls? How can they get their reputation back?
First, they have to start easing the polls toward Romney. Politico had a poll out yesterday that showed Romney up by 4 in swing states. Next, they have to have a 'reason' for Obama to start dropping in the polls, or it will look like they have been lying and are 'fixing' the polls to reflect the reality on election day. Here is the reason: Romney won the debate big time. Obama drops in the polls because of that and not because the polls were lying before. A tiny molecule of MSM reputation may be saved.