Superficially misleading issue cop sorted out (8)
I believe the answer is:
specious
'superficially misleading' is the definition.
'specious' can be an answer for 'misleading' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'superficially' bit.
'issue cop sorted out' is the wordplay.
'sorted out' is an anagram indicator.
'issue'+'cop'='issuecop'
'issuecop' anagrammed gives 'SPECIOUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for specious that I've seen before include "Misleading" , "Attractive at first sight" , "Plausibly deceptive" , "Deceptively pleasing" , "Copies us, being superficially good" .)