Most weeks there is a level of competition for this dis-honor, but this week, there was a far-and-away winner right from the start. That is not to say there weren't those vying for recognition with their own levels of dysfunction on display. 

We are in the Trump 2.0 era, after all, so there is no short supply of media dysphoria to go around. Let’s just get into the carnage seen in the press over the past week.

    THE CONTENDERS

NBC NEWS - Tom Costello was desperate enough to blame Donald Trump for the Toronto plane crash, even as he admitted it was a Canadian-controlled landing. Kelly O’Donnell gave a lengthy segment on all of the dangers to Trump’s staffing cuts, then at the end of her piece, she meekly admitted the administration is actually in the process of hiring more air traffic controllers. Peter Alexander was once again shamed by WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

CNN - For reasons known only to her, Kaitlan Collins was caught promoting the website for the admitted murderer Luigi Mangione. Dana Bash covered the Toronto crash, and after her airline expert asserted there was no connection to the previous accidents she and her panel launched into blaming Trump for all the accidents. Stephen Miller ridiculed Brianna Keilar over her being dismissive about cutting government waste. Pamela Brown had a similarly embarrassing interview with Tim Burchett. The network looked foolish as a producer shot a photo of its vacated press space inside The Pentagon.

ABC NEWS - The outlet speculated who is actually running the administration, something they never asked when they covered Jill Biden running a Cabinet meeting. They tried to claim Trump’s deportations are causing anxiety inside schools, even though they are not being targeted with raids and news reports are generating the anxiety. The network complained that some people rounded up in deportation raids should not be sent to Gitmo because it claims illegal immigrants breaking the law were not actually criminals. It gave the tired claim that marginalized groups were hardest hit by the California wildfires.

ASSOCIATED PRESS - The beleaguered news syndicate proved getting disinvited at the White House was a wise move. A report on firings in the FAA was so bad the article had to be edited and the headline altered - all without an editor’s note alerting the changes. This outlet reported that the bodies of Israeli hostages were those who “died” while they were “in captivity” rather than “executed” after being “kidnapped.” 

    THE WINNER

CBS NEWS

From the outset, CBS News locked down this week’s prize. It began with Margaret Brennan on “Face The Nation” when she was speaking with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and declared that free speech was the cause of the Nazi genocide. 

On “60 Minutes,” meanwhile, they followed suit by delivering a segment on efforts in Germany to police free speech, and it was presented in supportive fashion. 

Then, after suggesting limiting speech in the name of halting misinformation, the same program delivered misinformation in another segment. Featuring two “workers” fired from USAID, it was later revealed they pair were actually high-priced contractors from another company working with the top executives.

On CBS Mornings, Gayle King interviewed the head of Delta Airlines, and as she was desperate to blame the crash in Toronto on Donald Trump, she was completely shut down by the CEO as he delivered the facts.

The recently revamped Nightly News broadcast is already sinking in the ratings and in need of a new reconfiguration.