Welcome to this week's Moment of Injustice™, brought to you by NO FAIR brand apparel and accessories-- yes, it's NO FAIR for the sporty losers in all of us! This week's crime against all that's right and just comes courtesy of faithful viewer frozen tundra, who spotted an item over at MacMinute about CBS MarketWatch not having chosen Steve Jobs as its CEO of the Year. See, Steve was a finalist, but in the end, the honor went instead to Raymond "Chip" Mason, the CEO of Legg Mason-- which, in our well-schooled opinion, sounds less like a "brokerage and mutual fund firm" and more like a character in a '30s gangster flick. Or maybe a Vegas showgirl. We're not sure.

What we do know is that, despite being CEO of two companies that had wildly successful years in 2004, Steve lost to this Mason fella, who was apparently named CEO of the Year largely for "standing above Wall Street's nefarious dealings." So let's get this straight, here-- Mason won in part by "steering clear of major scandals"? Don't get us wrong, we think it's terrific that Mason stays away from shady dealings, but not raiding the pension fund or turning your employees into exorbitantly-priced candles and soap hardly seems behavior so uniquely virtuous as to warrant being named CEO of the Year. Besides, let's not forget that Steve has the power to raise an unquestioningly faithful army of millions of Mac and iPod users at the drop of a hat. Shouldn't he win on the ethics front simply for not having struck with his legions of followers and enslaved the rest of the planet?

So it must have been the money thing, right? Because Mason also won the title for "rewarding shareholders with a gain triple that of its peer group." Oooooh, triple. But lookee here, folks: AAPL's shareholders have realized a 200 percent gain since a year ago, whereas the NASDAQ and S&P are both up only about 10 percent. In other words, forget that piddly "triple that of its peer group" nonsense; Apple's got its peers' stock performance beat by a factor of twenty. In other words, Steve should have won on that front, too.

What's more, he got beat out by a guy named Chip. That's just wrong.

Oh, sure, CBS MarketWatch tries to make up for the whole debacle by posting a very complimentary two-page profile on Steve and Apple (chock full of juicy analyst comments about 2004 being a "breakout year" for Apple and how the "conventional wisdom" about the company has been "completely blown away," etc.), but it hardly compensates for having given the man's rightful title away to some... some... honest stockbroker with a Disneyesque nickname. For shame, guys. We're sure Steve's ego will survive just this once, but don't let it happen again, all right?