The controlled media learned their lesson when they all but guaranteed a Hillary victory.
Now they intend to fire up their voters by making them into the underdogs.
Trust no polls. Polls are noise.
Bagster
Lesser Oracle
This time around, cook the polls to favor Republicans to motivate Democrats to turn out.
-PJ
Bingo! We have a winner. Thats exactly whats going on, and why Reuters is wiling to release such data. The tactic has switched from attempting to demoralize the Republican voters (which backfired in 2016) to attempting to rally Democrat voters and make Republican voters feel complacent.
Your advice is sound: trust no polls. They are all meant to manipulate in some fashion.