{"id":8707,"date":"2025-12-28T15:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/28\/editorial-cartoons-for-dec-28-2025-epstein-files-redacted-cbs-news-controversy-trump-kennedy-center-syracuse-com\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:35:36","slug":"editorial-cartoons-for-dec-28-2025-epstein-files-redacted-cbs-news-controversy-trump-kennedy-center-syracuse-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/28\/editorial-cartoons-for-dec-28-2025-epstein-files-redacted-cbs-news-controversy-trump-kennedy-center-syracuse-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial cartoons for Dec. 28, 2025: Epstein files redacted, CBS News controversy, Trump-Kennedy Center &#8211; Syracuse.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\"><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/\" title=\"Navigate to Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-12-28176690880000008:00:00\">Published: Dec. 28, 2025, 8:00 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"gallery-2FQCH5L6RNGEBFNSBMNAYTTXH4\">\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><svg viewBox=\"0 0 30 28\" fill=\"none\"><text x=\"49%\" y=\"66%\" dominant-baseline=\"middle\" text-anchor=\"middle\" fill=\"white\">28<\/text><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M3.30558 9.82792C2.80905 9.82792 2.40653 10.2304 2.40653 10.727V24.5766C2.40653 25.0731 2.80905 25.4756 3.30558 25.4756H26.0968C26.5933 25.4756 26.9958 25.0731 26.9958 24.5766V10.727C26.9958 10.2304 26.5933 9.82792 26.0968 9.82792H3.30558ZM0.171143 10.727C0.171143 8.99586 1.57448 7.59253 3.30558 7.59253H26.0968C27.8279 7.59253 29.2312 8.99586 29.2312 10.727V24.5766C29.2312 26.3077 27.8279 27.711 26.0968 27.711H3.30558C1.57448 27.711 0.171143 26.3077 0.171143 24.5766V10.727Z\" fill=\"white\" \/><path d=\"M6.87748 2.00409H22.5252ZM4.64209 5.35717H24.7606Z\" fill=\"white\" \/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M5.75956 2.00405C5.75956 1.38676 6.25997 0.886353 6.87725 0.886353H22.525C23.1423 0.886353 23.6427 1.38676 23.6427 2.00405C23.6427 2.62133 23.1423 3.12174 22.525 3.12174H6.87725C6.25997 3.12174 5.75956 2.62133 5.75956 2.00405ZM3.52417 5.35713C3.52417 4.73985 4.02458 4.23944 4.64186 4.23944H24.7604C25.3777 4.23944 25.8781 4.73985 25.8781 5.35713C25.8781 5.97442 25.3777 6.47483 24.7604 6.47483H4.64186C4.02458 6.47483 3.52417 5.97442 3.52417 5.35713Z\" fill=\"white\" \/><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/resizer\/v2\/HIVVSB6NJNCJ3GDYETGQLMUG5U.jpg?auth=328289d2d66807d82d044958f508282e03c491cc55b3e6c742e330d4f9f48544&#038;width=1280&#038;smart=true&#038;quality=90\"  loading=\"eager\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/resizer\/v2\/ZPIHPPPNH5HVTBT3R2MZCZ6JMQ.jpg?auth=daf0c1b2689588b8d27ded1f45663be71b0dec8c648b8563bab0d627de7e9558&#038;width=1280&#038;smart=true&#038;quality=90\"  loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>1<\/span><span>\/<\/span><span>28<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Thumbnail Navigation\"><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<p>Editorial cartoons for Dec. 28, 2025<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-YUSIQMJTLVBLVP5KCXDSUCSNVU\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p id=\"HDK3S5KCXRD2TAGHEKNVPGS234\">The U.S. Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/us-news\/2025\/12\/top-trump-official-defends-partial-release-of-epstein-files-amid-outcry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/us-news\/2025\/12\/top-trump-official-defends-partial-release-of-epstein-files-amid-outcry.html\">released <\/a>three batches of files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein beginning a week ago Friday, the deadline mandated by Congress in legislation signed by President Donald Trump under pressure from Republican members of Congress. Many of the documents were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/us-news\/2025\/12\/at-least-16-jeffrey-epstein-files-disappear-from-doj-website-including-trump-photo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/us-news\/2025\/12\/at-least-16-jeffrey-epstein-files-disappear-from-doj-website-including-trump-photo.html\">heavily redacted<\/a>, prompting commentators to wonder if it was to protect the victims trafficked for sex by Epstein or his powerful friends in government, finance and entertainment. <\/p>\n<p id=\"N5EL3QK73BHRVHLNBQ34UTLWKY\">Editorial cartoonists ran with the redaction theme this week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JULRB2TO2RDI7ETN6JXZ3TH4MM\">Nick Anderson leads the editorial cartoon gallery with his view of the Constitution\u2019s Article 1 blacked out, inferring that Congress is being deleted by the executive branch. Drew Sheneman draws Trump dumping the Epstein files into a vat of black ink. Michael Ramirez reproduces a page with the word \u201ctransparency\u201d the only one visible in the text and \u201cJustice\u201d redacted from the Department of Justice. Jack Ohman glimpses Trump between the black boxes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EWWILRX3ARFHHJSIXOVJ266WTQ\">CBS News was itself in the news again. A report about the notorious prison in El Salvador that received Venezuelans deported by the United States was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/dec\/26\/bari-weiss-60-minutes-el-salvador-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel title=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/dec\/26\/bari-weiss-60-minutes-el-salvador-prison\">yanked from the broadcast<\/a> by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. The report aired in Canada and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/cbs-news-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cecot-segment-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel title=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/cbs-news-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cecot-segment-transcript\/\">quickly spread<\/a> on the internet. Critics accused Weiss of holding the story to placate Trump. Cartoonist Mike Luckovich sees the network\u2019s credibility running like sand through an hourglass. Ohman resurrects the ghost of legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite. Drew Sheneman draws CBS as Trump\u2019s lapdog.<\/p>\n<p id=\"G7SSVHKR55APBG4H6HG4KE2JW4\">Other news events in this week\u2019s gallery include sharp responses to Trump putting his name on the Kennedy Center; the looming health insurance price spike under the Affordable Care Act; and wishes for peace on our precarious Earth. <\/p>\n<p id=\"YMD72F43HBGJHNKN47CC56A6DY\">Cartoons were drawn by Nick Anderson, Bill Bramhall, Pedro Molina, Jack Ohman, Joel Pett, Drew Sheneman, Scott Stantis and Joey Weatherford of Tribune Content Agency; and Steve Breen, Mike Luckovich and Michael Ramirez of Creators Syndicate. <\/p>\n<section data-gaid=\"_R_rt78m_\">\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/2025\/12\/editorial-cartoons-for-dec-21-2025-trump-economy-speech-health-insurance-hikes-rob-reiner.html\">Editorial cartoons for Dec. 21, 2025: Trump economy speech, health insurance hikes, Rob Reiner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/2025\/12\/editorial-cartoons-for-dec-14-2025-netflix-warner-bros-deal-vaccine-changes.html\">Editorial cartoons for Dec. 14, 2025: Netflix-Warner Bros. deal, vaccine changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/2025\/12\/editorial-cartoons-for-dec-7-2025-hegseth-drug-boat-furor-venezuela-under-pressure.html\">Editorial cartoons for Dec. 7, 2025: Hegseth drug boat furor, Venezuela under pressure <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/2025\/11\/editorial-cartoons-for-nov-30-2025-ukraine-peace-plan-thanksgiving-turkey-pardon-cost-of-living.html\">Editorial cartoons for Nov. 30, 2025: Ukraine peace plan, Thanksgiving turkey pardon, cost of living<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/opinion\/2025\/11\/editorial-cartoons-for-nov-23-2025-saudi-prince-visit-epstein-legislation-quiet-piggy.html\">Editorial cartoons for Nov. 23, 2025: Saudi prince visit; Epstein legislation; \u2018Quiet, piggy\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Marie Morelli is editorial\/opinion lead for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. 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