"mediot" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993 March 29, David Marc Nieporent, “Mediots and Steinbrenner”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet)",
          "text": "Now I know there are a lot of mediots who don't like George Steinbrenner for whatever reason -- probably because he treats them the way they treat players. ¶ But on what basis do they keep making the absurd claim that \"The Yankees are the best team on paper, but what about the George Steinbrenner factor?\"",
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          "ref": "2015, Linda Nagata, Going Dark, New York, NY: Saga Press, page 90",
          "text": "The scene shifts to a recording studio set up to look like a nineteenth-century library, shelves with wooden shelves holding neat sets of leather-bound books—a cultural motif of intellect. […] The mediot interviewing her gets right to the point. “Dr. Parris, there has been widespread speculation that your lab was devoted to biowarfare research—”",
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        "A member of the media; a journalist, especially one who makes inaccurate claims in articles."
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        "(slang, derogatory) A member of the media; a journalist, especially one who makes inaccurate claims in articles."
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