18 Most Mortifying Media Moments of 2018

‘This was the year when reporters ... began loosening the usual boundaries governing journalism’

Note:  These are just the category titles; go to the link for further details on each.

(also calling it "journalism" is a disservice to actual, honest journalists.  Good luck finding one, however.)

18 — Beto O'Rourke Is a Rock Star Who’s Making People Horny

17 — Cheering on North Korea at the Olympics

16 — CNN Harassed a Random Old Lady for … Doing the Same Thing CNN Did

15 — Networks Let Michael Avenatti Use Them to Spread Smears

14 — Steve Schmidt Loses Touch with Reality, MSNBC Keeps Inviting Him on Anyway

13 – In Naked Attempt at Destroying Kavanaugh, Ronan Farrow Torches Credibility

12 — CNN Goes Dumpster Diving in Bid for Russia Collusion Clues

11 — CNN Flies to Thailand to Interview Prostitute Who Claims to Have Dirt on Trump

10 — The ‘Bombshells’ that Turned out To Be Duds

9 — NBC Sat on Information that Undermined Brett Kavanaugh's Accusers — Until He Was Confirmed

8 — After Calling for Dialing Down Rhetoric, The Media Ramped It Up

7 — NYT Exclusive: As a College Student, Brett Kavanaugh May Have Once Thrown Ice

6 — CNN Goes on Profanity Bender

5 — GQ Reporter: Trump’s Radicalized More People than ISIS

4 — The New York Times Canvasses for Kavanaugh Opposition

3 — CNN’s Lemon: ‘The Biggest Terror Threat in This Country Is White Men’

2 — Media Urge Dems to Impeach Trump, Kavanaugh

1 — Media Turning Trump Voters into Public Enemy No. 1

That's only 18; there are hundreds more, maybe thousands.