media scrum

[ mee-dee-uh skruhm ]

noun

1. a chaotic attempt by a swarm of reporters to interview or photograph a celebrity, athlete, politician, etc.:

   The model faced a media scrum as she emerged from the taxi.

Word History and Origins

Origin of media scrum¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Gomes declined to discuss Sasaki during his media scrum at the general manager’s meetings in San Antonio since the pitcher hadn’t been posted yet.

From Los Angeles Times

Pelosi continued the rhapsody during the brief media scrum.

From Los Angeles Times

“It didn’t really sink in until I got on the phone with my mom yesterday and she brought up some things,” Flaherty said Wednesday, in his first media scrum as a member of the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times

F1 correspondent Andrew Benson is in the paddock in Miami and took this picture yesterday of the media scrum to ask world champion Max Verstappen his views on Adrian Newey leaving Red Bull.

From BBC

At religious institute Hosseinieh Ershad, which has been turned into a polling station for the day, local and international media scrum around the building's steps and into the voting hall.

From BBC