Comedian covers these news sources (5)
I believe the answer is:
media
'these news sources' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'comedian covers' is the wordplay.
'covers' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (I've seen 'covering' mean this).
'MEDIA' is hidden within 'comedian'.
(Other definitions for media that I've seen before include "Means of mass communication" , "Collective name for newspapers, broadcasting etc" , "oils as examples" , "Television, papers, etc" , "Press, TV etc" .)