Madam, - Now that you have explained the treatment of the word "media" in The Irish Times, perhaps you will also enlighten readers as to the justification for treating cities, nations, and indeed entire continents similarly?
This practice seems to have seeped from the sports pages, for example: "Manchester United continue to lose games", but this (mis)usage is now commonplace among writers and columnists in other sections of the paper. - Yours, etc,
FRANCES BYRNE, Ravenswood Crescent, Dublin.