SAS soldier kills 3 ISIS militants with khukuri

[ndoghouse]

The most suspicious thing about the original article, apart from the fact that the sources are the Mirror and Daily Star, is that it ends with a poll in a huge typeface, asking readers: "Should the U.S. deploy more troops on the ground to help fight ISIS?"

Regardless of whether the story is true, false, or partly true, it's pretty obvious that the whole point of the article is to influence readers to respond "yes" to the poll, right after reading an example of individual heroism.

No matter how one feels about the poll question, people should recognize when media is trying to manipulate them. I wish that sort of thing were taught in the schools, along with the way media, politicians and advertisers lie with statistics. This has been going on probably since the stone age, but modern media and people trained in psychology have pushed it to new heights (or depths).

:thumbup: Media .....Ha!