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Real idiot, broadcasting an opinion (9)

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I believe the answer is:

editorial

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'an opinion' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'real idiot broadcasting' is the wordplay.
'broadcasting' indicates an anagram.
'real'+'idiot'='realidiot'
'realidiot' is an anagram of 'EDITORIAL'.

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(Other definitions for editorial that I've seen before include "Paper's opinion piece" , "Article giving opinion of a newspaper" , "Newspaper item" , "Statement of a newspaper's opinion" , "Article giving a newspaper's opinion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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