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demonize

verb as in turn into an evil spirit

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When I look at Bristol Palin and see a young, awkward girl whose mama told her not to come, I can’t demonize her — no matter how much I disagree with her abstinence-only rhetoric.

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True, a politicized battery of United Nations organizations engineered a massive disinformation campaign, demonizing Israel as it waged a just war by just means.

Weiss, who started at the news organization earlier this month, has said she wants to focus on “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

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.”

Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to demonize ICE and Department of Homeland Security officers, contributing to the 1,000% increase in assaults on officers this year compared with 2024.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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