The Times 27252

[TioMateo]

Berate beastly male following an offensive four-letter word (9) T?T?A?R?M The answer is obviously TETRAGRAM (four-letter word), but I don't get the word play.
Labour baron sacked after powerless Iran Empathy broadcast (11,4) E?Y?A?T?I?N ?O?R. Help!
Weight of news in digital form? (5) T?N?E It looks as if it's TONNE, but why?

[Toorak]

3 nn (news twice) inside toe (digital form - digit)

[Buenchico]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymanthian_Boar

. . . but don't ask me to parse it!

[dannyk13]

Tet ( an offensive in Vietnam) + rag(berate) + ram(beastly male)

[Lie-in King]

Erymanthian Boar (Labour; Hercules) - anag 'Iran Em(p)athy' (p[ower]less) + anag 'baron'

[Toorak]

Anagram of baron Iran em(p)athy

[fiction-factory]

anagram (bradcast/spread) of baron + empathy (minus P for power) + Iran ?

[TioMateo]

Thank you Toorak, though I presume nn for news is"new" twice, rather than "news" twice.
Thank you Buenchico. I'm cross with myself for not getting that. Capturing the Erymanthian Boar alive was on of the 12 Labours of Hercules. Anag. of baron after Anag. of Iran Empathy (excluding the p for powerless). A bit tortuous, really.
Thank you dannyk13. I had found Tet in Chambers defined as "the Vietnamese lunar new year festival", but still don't see why it means offensive. I'm obviously missing something.

[Toorak]

Yes - new twice

[dannyk13]

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive

[TioMateo]

Just back from short trip to Scotland. Thank you Dannyk13, - I have learnt something .