Cuts pieces from bad journalist's university page (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
hacks up
'cuts pieces from bad' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'journalist's university page' is the wordplay.
'journalist's' becomes 'hack's' (hack can informally mean a journalist).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'page' becomes 'p'.
'hacks'+'u'+'p'='HACKS UP'
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