“The media are reporting the story.”
Grammar Entry 592 / 1011 60-second read
Media is vs. Media are
Collective versus plural.
The comparisoni
“The media is reporting the story.”
The ruleii
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Collective MEDIA = IS.
MEDIA (plural of medium) is now often treated as a collective singular, especially for "the press."
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Like "press": takes is.