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Revolutionary piece of journalism's a crass expression of contempt (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sarcasm

'contempt' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'revolutionary piece of journalism's a crass expression' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator (letters revolve around).
'piece of' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'msacras' can be found hidden inside 'journalisms a crass expression'.
'msacras' back-to-front is 'SARCASM'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for sarcasm that I've seen before include "Satirical and scornful remarks" , "Language expressing scorn or contempt" , "Scornful attitude" , "Scornful jibe" , "The use of irony to mock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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