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Damned Tories out with media people (7)

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I believe the answer is:

editors

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'damned tories out with media people' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'tories out with media people' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'media people' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tories' with letters rearranged gives 'eitors'.
'eitors' enclosing 'd' is 'EDITORS'.

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(Other definitions for editors that I've seen before include "Newspaper bosses" , "Press employees" , "Senior journalists" , "Newspaper heads" , "Employees on paper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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