Absconded east, had no right to scrap media boss (7)
I believe the answer is:
escaped
'absconded east' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'no right to scrap media boss' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'boss' could be 'ed' (short for editor - newspaper boss) and 'ed' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'had' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escaped that I've seen before include "Got away from captors" , "gone!" , "Evaded" , "Fled from captivity" , "Got away, broke loose" .)