The Easy Way Out

[poliphilo]

 Is the word "media" singular or plural? I try "the media is' and then "the media are"- and both look wrong.

I know what, I just won't write about the media at all.....

Comments

[conuly]

In some contexts media is the plural of medium. However, whatever the pedants like to say, in the context you're referring to media is a mass noun.

[poliphilo]

Media undoubtedly started out as a plural but, well, language is always developing and changing....