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A bogus journalist getting red-faced (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ashamed

'red-faced' is the definition.
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'a bogus journalist getting' is the wordplay.
'bogus' becomes 'sham' (I've seen this before).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'a'+'sham'+'ed'='ASHAMED'

(Other definitions for ashamed that I've seen before include "He's Adam (anag.)" , "Feeling remorse and guilt" , "Feeling bad, having done something wrong" , "Having painful regret for behaviour" , "Humiliated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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