Fact irately broadcast (7)
I believe the answer is:
reality
'fact' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'irately broadcast' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'irately' with letters rearranged gives 'REALITY'.
(Other definitions for reality that I've seen before include "It's faced by pragmatists" , "The actual state of things" , "State of things as they actually exist" , "The way things actually are" , "Actual existence" .)