acosta
Aug
4
2018
The August 2018 cartoon by Mike Keefe shows Donald Trump pouring gasoline labeled enemy of the people onto a wood pile where a free press figure stands tied. A MAGA-hatted supporter holds a flaming torch while Trump says the action fires up his base. The image responds to Trump's repeated attacks on journalists including CNN's Jim Acosta during rallies that summer.
Aug
3
2018
A six-panel comic by Sean Delonas published August 3 2018 presents five familiar false statements before showing CNN anchor Jim Acosta declaring Trump collusion. The sequence places the network report in the same category as a student claiming a dog ate homework and a man promising to call. Delonas drew the final panel with Acosta on air under the CNN logo. The cartoon appeared during ongoing coverage of the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference. It uses the structure of common lies to comment on the persistence of the collusion story in media at that time.
