Naturally, in light of Britney Baldgate, the tabs raced to chronicle this latest episode of Spears' descent into lunacy. But who did the better job?

Analysis:
the New York Daily News loses points for making the obligatory "Britney Wigs Out" joke, but gets props for including the helpful bullet points, (particularly the one that reads "experts say image in ruins.")

Conversely, the New York Post deserves ample credit for the far more original tag-line of "Brit buzzed after battle with mom" but shows a gross error in judgment by deciding to share the page with a story about mob intrigue and (gasp!) sports.

After the jump, our surprise winner for Best Britney Baldgate Coverage…

Winner:
And the award goes to…special write-in candidate, TMZ, for their understated take throughout the entire incident.

From their subdued reaction to Britney's initial haircut ("Britney Shaves Her F&*%ing Head!!!") to word that Brit's damaged extensions are headed for online auction ("Brit's Hair—A Lock On Ebay") to the recent news that a regretful Brit has been donning a wig ("Britney's Chrome-Dome Cover-up"), TMZ has demonstrated an puntastic talent for schadenfreude, and an extra special dedication towards relentlessly kicking the troubled pop star while she's down.

Congratulations again to our winner, TMZ! Thanks to all our contestants for playing, and be sure to join us again for the next edition of Tabloid Wars.