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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.
Jun
4
2026
Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss eyed for CBS News leadership roles
60 MINIONS by Ratt, politicalcartoons.com
A stopwatch graphic shows Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss positioned on the dial under the altered title 60 Minions. The image references their reported interest in CBS News roles. Publication occurs amid ongoing corporate media consolidation discussions in 2026.
Jun
3
2026
60 Minutes Stopwatch Bomb Targets First Amendment Scroll
60 MINUTES by Adam Zyglis, politicalcartoons.com
The image shows suited hands holding a stopwatch-bomb labeled 60 Minutes and Silencing. The device is wired with red sticks and aimed at a scroll reading We The and 1st Amendment. Tick text repeats overhead. The June 2026 piece responds to ongoing tensions between CBS and political figures over press coverage and constitutional protections.
May
18
2026
THE CLOCK IS TICKING!
Marian Kamensky, Austria
60 Minutes rebranded as Spin-Its with Trump lies filling the dial
Jonathan Brown, PoliticalCartoons.com
The cartoon depicts Donald Trump inside a stopwatch rebranded from 60 Minutes to Spin-Its. Repeated LIE text surrounds the dial. The image criticizes the news program for soft coverage rather than hard-hitting questions during a recent interview.
Democrats Confront Ticking 'Big Beautiful Bill' in Englehart Cartoon
BIG BEAUTIFUL TIME BOMB by Bob Englehart, politicalcartoons.com
The July 2025 cartoon by Bob Englehart portrays two Democratic figures inside a bomb labeled 'Big Beautiful Bill.' The device features a control panel and emits ticking sounds. A speech bubble states the pair has three years to disarm the worst of it. The image references the Republican economic package and Medicaid provisions passed earlier in the year. Englehart uses the time bomb metaphor to highlight concerns over the legislation's long-term effects.
The Clock Is Ticking On Climate Change Action
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Canada: Ticking Timelines
CANADA: TICKING TIMELINES by Graeme MacKay, politicalcartoons.com
Trump with armed troops is a ticking time bomb
TRUMP WITH ARMED TROOPS IS A TICKING TIME BOMB by Steve Greenberg, politicalcartoons.com
Running Out of Time to Act
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Jan
18
2024
Ticking clock
Luojie, China Daily, China
Clock Ticking On Our Water Supply
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
The clock is ticking for Netanyahu
THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR NETANYAHU by Bart van Leeuwen, politicalcartoons.com
Biden calls China a ‘ticking time bomb’
BIDEN CALLS CHINA A ‘TICKING TIME BOMB’ by Bart van Leeuwen, politicalcartoons.com
Trump Keeps on Ticking
Dick Wright, PoliticalCartoons.com
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