GDG- States Rights and Union

[James Cameron]

<< I know collective pronouns have always bedeviled me, an English
teacher.  I never could get used to saying "The team are showering."  >>

Who was the famous newspaper man they tell the story about, who insisted 
using "are" with "news"?  He'd walk into his newsroom and ask, "Are there 
any news?"  To which one of his reporters would answer, "No, not a single 
new."

Jim Cameron