Two articles on the topic in late 1990 in Forbes and Newsweek both used the term "thought police" in their headlines, exemplifying the tone of the new usage, but it was Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (1991) which "captured the press's imagination."
Dva članka o ovoj temi krajem 1990 godine u Forbesu i Newsweek su u svojim naslovima koristili pojam ,,Misli policije” u svojim naslovima a to je tona nove upotrebe, ali je neliberalno obrazovanje: Politika rase i seksa u kampusu (1991) je zabranila maštu štampe.