media freedom under trump

60 Minutes Timer Ticks as CBS Leadership Rushes to Defuse Turmoil
60 MINUTES IN TURMOIL by Dave Whamond, politicalcartoons.com
A sweating journalist wearing a Freedom of the Press hat leans over a bundle of dynamite sticks wired to a 60 Minutes timer. The timer ticks loudly as the figure warns in a speech bubble that failure to defuse the crisis will cause everything to blow. The image responds to reported turmoil at CBS News involving 60 Minutes correspondents and leadership changes at Paramount.
Trump Joins Line of Leaders Labeling Press as Foe to Public
PRESS IS THE ENEMY COLOR by Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com
The image arranges eight leaders across two rows. Each figure occupies its own panel with a single word in a speech bubble above or beside it. The words together read the press is the enemy of the people. The final panel shows the current president completing the statement.
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