IMO, it's looking pretty grim. In my life, I've never seen such out and out lies spoken as fact.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bush did not win.
They do this at no small risk. Merely slanting the news can be hidden or explained away, but anyone who sees this sort of coverage and then finds out the truth will never believe them again. There's also a whiff of desperation in the air, as if the old establishment media has suddenly noticed that it's dying at about 5% per year.
So how much do these aging mastodons have left? Can they really bury the truth about Kerry's actions during and after Vietnam? We're going to find out...