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Government backed shutting up Liberal video journal (4)

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I believe the answer is:

vlog

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'video journal' is the definition.
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'government backed shutting up liberal' is the wordplay.
'government' becomes 'gov'.
'backed' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'shutting up' indicates putting letters inside.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'gov' written backwards gives 'vog'.
'vog' going around 'l' is 'VLOG'.

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