As reported upstream, mediawriter does not work on macOS Catalina. The creating and using live USB partial should be updated to reflect this.
The F32 Common Bugs page has information on a workaround for Catalina.
No longer relevant, the bug has been fixed.
Metadata Update from @pbokoc: - Issue close_status updated to: stale - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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