Grammar nitpick of the day

Dear Sky News,

"Breaking news: NATO say two of its soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan"

While I realise that there is some contention about whether organisations are grammatically singular or plural, I don't think you get to dodge the problem by treating them as both in the space of four words ...

(Apologies to any who find nitpicking such a statement to be tasteless. My mind just works that way, particularly in airports after no sleep.)