I so remember the night of the 1980 election - RAther and the rest all claiming the polls showing that Reagan would lose 2 to 1. It’s a strategy they use - knowing people like to vote for a winner - AND that a lot, hearing their side is loosing - won’t bother to go vote. This has worked more than once...
The vote did go 2 to 1 - for FOR Reagan.
I remember, with glee - the look on all those faces on election day.
The media starts to believe their own lying spin, and then they are actually surprised when their spin is 180 degrees wrong.