[Petronski]

Little known fact: media and data are plural.

These data are misleading. The media are biased.

[rlmorel]

And, of course, it is pronounced "dater"...:)

[Yardstick]

Little known fact: media and data are plural.

Good point!

The ultimate rule about this grammar stuff is that when you gripe about someone else's grammar, you end up making a grammar mistake yourself (as I did). It's some kind of natural law.

[rwfromkansas]

Good catches. I am sure I heard those before, but I still make the mistakes.

IIRC, datum is singular for data.

Collective nouns can be tricky as well.