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At the time of her appointment, Weiss said she and Paramount CEO David Ellison were aligned in their desire for “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

He also knows how to be comfortable in that space, and still find ways to humanize himself to an audience trying desperately to demonize him.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

The term carried an especially chilling, historical weight at a conference held in Germany; Nazis had used it in their aggressive propaganda campaign against Jews, Communists and others the government wanted to demonize.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

She told The Wall Street Journal that she wants to focus on “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

The report recommends that students acknowledge their differences more openly — and urges school administrators to help them overcome black-and-white thinking that demonizes other viewpoints.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Mr. Gura demonizes Tiger Woods by intimating many character flaws and foibles and his “failures as a human.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021

Not everyone approves of them, not everyone demonizes them, and those judgments don’t necessarily break down along racial lines.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019

But if an economist is always confident in his judgments, or if he demonizes those who reach opposite conclusions, you know that he is not to be trusted.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2014

Unplanned teen pregnancy rates are down,” we have one that demonizes teen moms.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2013

“A mythologized Disraeli,” Ms. Jones writes, “provided political, literary and intellectual means by which Toryism could be positioned against an increasingly demonized ‘Victorian Liberalism.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Queer and drag culture have come into mainstream pop and youth culture on the one hand, but remain demonized on the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

Then a few years later everyone is over the panic, the technology is normal and the next thing becomes demonized.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2025

What a shame that we’re at a place right now where public servants are demonized for their work.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2025

Two of the most potent social campaigns of the past half-century were the civil rights movement and the feminist movement, which demonized discrimination against blacks and women, respectively.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

War has always been a time for propaganda, of demonizing the enemy and pumping up your side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

You can empathize with your friend without demonizing your own position or patronizing her by saying everything will be OK.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

“Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens,” the NRA retorted, to Essayli.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2026

“Why are we demonizing this man for speaking his mind?”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro