Issue Area: Economy
Who Ate the Dessert?: Deficit mania ignores growth of income gap (June 2010) By
Wealth Gap Yawns—and So Do Media: Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities (June 2010) By
Predatory Lending? No Such Thing! (June 2010) By
Wealth Gap Yawns—and So Do Media: Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities (June 2010) By
Predatory Lending? No Such Thing! (June 2010) By
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The Deficit Distraction: Media push spending cuts over stimulus (September 2009) By
Parroting Propaganda on Family Planning: The right successfully spins stimulus coverage (April 2009) By
Stimulus Snake Oil: Media promote nonsensical GOP talking points (March 2009) By
For Media, ‘Card Check’ Promise Is One to Break: Corporate outlets suddenly discover ‘workers rights’ (February 2009) By
Scapegoating Minorities for Failures of Banking: Blaming CRA makes little sense, but gets finance industry off the hook (January 2009) By
Going All Out for Bank Bailout: Media paint crisis as too ‘urgent’ for skepticism (January 2009) By and
Misleading Indicators: Media’s concern with the welfare of the wealthy (January 2009) By
Remembering Caution After a Crisis: 'Emotional' coverage matters - when it's a wrong emotion (Update December 2008) By
Busted Bubble: The press fell down on the job on housing prices (November/December 2008) By
The Food Crisis and the Fear of Scarcity: Media binders blind us to real food solutions (November/December 2008) By and
Fareed Zakaria, Spokesperson for the Global Elite: Newsweek pundit presents pro-corporate views as the poor’s perspective (July/August 2008) By
Cheerleading for Inequality: Rich getting richer is all for the better, pundits say (September/ October 2007) By
A Poverty of Coverage: Why aren’t the poor on the media agenda? (September/ October 2007) By
Millionaires Working for Billionaires (September/ October 2007) By
Disposable People: The ‘upside’ to natural and unnatural disasters (July/August 2007) By
Bono, I Presume?: Covering Africa Through Celebrities (May/June 2007) By
Media on Medicare: Don’t mess with success—or corporate profits (January/February 2007) By and
Wall Street's Panic, Democracy's Trouble (March/April 2007) By
The Smell of Success: After 10 years of 'welfare reform,' ignoring the human impact (November/December 2006) By
Katrina's Vanishing Victims: Media forget the 'rediscovered' poor (July/August 2006) By
Sidebar: 'They Didn’t Even Know This Was Mardi Gras' (July/August 2006) By
Sidebar: ‘Can’t We Give This a Rest?’ (July/August 2006) By
The Morales Moral: Defy neoliberalism, face media wrath (July/August 2006) By
Stossel’s "Stupid" Schools: A beginner’s course in deceptive reporting (May/June 2006) By and
Globalization vs. Growth: NYT op-ed omits stats that debunk pro-corporate claims (May/June 2006) By
Good News! The Rich Get Richer: Lack of applause for falling wages is media mystery (March/April 2006) By
20 Stories That Made a Difference: For better or worse (January/February 2006) By and and
The World’s Most Generous Misers: Tsunami reporting misrepresented U.S. giving (September/October 2005) By
Europe Says No—to Pundits’ Advice: “Painful reforms” find few takers (September/October 2005) By
Strings Attached: Telecom industry’s spin machine casts net over community broadband (September/October 2005) By
Media to City: Play Ball: Making New York safe from democracy (September/October 2005) By
Defeated by Democracy: Reported as triumph, Iraq elections were really Bush team’s nightmare (May/June 2005) By
Fuzzy Math: Media buy White House line on “deficit reduction” (May/June 2005) By
Selling the Social Security Scare: A "fix" that won’t solve a "crisis" that doesn’t exist (January/February 2005) By
The Budget Deficit’s Bigger Brother: Editorialists ignore looming trade gap (November/December 2004) By
It's the Economy, Stupidly: Jobs reporting protects Bush's job (September/October 2004) By
The FTAA Is None of Your Business: A challenge to democracy (January/February 2003) By
Celebrating as the Rich Get Richer: Stock market coverage treats gains for the few as good news for all (July/August 2002) By
The 'Oh Really?' Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics (May/June 2002) By
Report from Porto Alegre: Is another media world possible? (May/June 2002) By
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
The Most Biased Name in News: Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt (July/August 2001) By
Free Trade = Freedom: FTAA coverage spins pro-business as pro-democracy (July/August 2001) By
Spinning the Tax Cut: Press helps out White House by minimizing the richest's gain (May/June 2001) By
Media See the Poor as Aggressors in 'Class War': Survey finds bottom-up references overwhelm top-down (January/February 2001) By
For Love or Money?: Economics takes a backseat in network reports about working mothers (January/February 2001) By
Surplus Shell Game: Pundits bent on fiscal discipline define away the surplus (November /December 2000) By
Mainstream News Coverage Of Economics: Elite Bias Rules (3/1/00) By
The Ever-Present Yet Nonexistent Poor: For Heritage's Poverty Expert, Numbers Mean What He Says They Mean (January/February 1999) By
'Greed' Is Bad Reporting (Update April 1998)
Death, Taxes and Media Distortion: Action Alert (Update June 1997)
Let Them Eat Baguettes: U.S. Press Teaches Austerity to French Strikers (March/April 1996) By
Wild in Deceit: Why "Teen Violence" is Poverty Violence in Disguise (March/April 1996) By
20 Reasons Not to Trust the Journal Editorial Page (September/October 1995) By and
The Mexican 'Miracle': What U.S. media missed (May/June 1995) By
Are All Yeltsin Critics "Hard-Line" -- Or Is That Just the U.S. Media's Party Line? (January/February 1994) By and
News Flash: Poor Mothers on Crime Spree! (November/December 1993) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
No Hope for the Homeless at the New York Times (March/April 1990) By
S&L Coverage Ignores Root Causes and Progressive Options (March/April 1989) By
The Deficit Distraction: Media push spending cuts over stimulus (September 2009) By
Parroting Propaganda on Family Planning: The right successfully spins stimulus coverage (April 2009) By
Stimulus Snake Oil: Media promote nonsensical GOP talking points (March 2009) By
For Media, ‘Card Check’ Promise Is One to Break: Corporate outlets suddenly discover ‘workers rights’ (February 2009) By
Scapegoating Minorities for Failures of Banking: Blaming CRA makes little sense, but gets finance industry off the hook (January 2009) By
Going All Out for Bank Bailout: Media paint crisis as too ‘urgent’ for skepticism (January 2009) By and
Misleading Indicators: Media’s concern with the welfare of the wealthy (January 2009) By
Remembering Caution After a Crisis: 'Emotional' coverage matters - when it's a wrong emotion (Update December 2008) By
Busted Bubble: The press fell down on the job on housing prices (November/December 2008) By
The Food Crisis and the Fear of Scarcity: Media binders blind us to real food solutions (November/December 2008) By and
Fareed Zakaria, Spokesperson for the Global Elite: Newsweek pundit presents pro-corporate views as the poor’s perspective (July/August 2008) By
Cheerleading for Inequality: Rich getting richer is all for the better, pundits say (September/ October 2007) By
A Poverty of Coverage: Why aren’t the poor on the media agenda? (September/ October 2007) By
Millionaires Working for Billionaires (September/ October 2007) By
Disposable People: The ‘upside’ to natural and unnatural disasters (July/August 2007) By
Bono, I Presume?: Covering Africa Through Celebrities (May/June 2007) By
Media on Medicare: Don’t mess with success—or corporate profits (January/February 2007) By and
Wall Street's Panic, Democracy's Trouble (March/April 2007) By
The Smell of Success: After 10 years of 'welfare reform,' ignoring the human impact (November/December 2006) By
Katrina's Vanishing Victims: Media forget the 'rediscovered' poor (July/August 2006) By
Sidebar: 'They Didn’t Even Know This Was Mardi Gras' (July/August 2006) By
Sidebar: ‘Can’t We Give This a Rest?’ (July/August 2006) By
The Morales Moral: Defy neoliberalism, face media wrath (July/August 2006) By
Stossel’s "Stupid" Schools: A beginner’s course in deceptive reporting (May/June 2006) By and
Globalization vs. Growth: NYT op-ed omits stats that debunk pro-corporate claims (May/June 2006) By
Good News! The Rich Get Richer: Lack of applause for falling wages is media mystery (March/April 2006) By
20 Stories That Made a Difference: For better or worse (January/February 2006) By and and
The World’s Most Generous Misers: Tsunami reporting misrepresented U.S. giving (September/October 2005) By
Europe Says No—to Pundits’ Advice: “Painful reforms” find few takers (September/October 2005) By
Strings Attached: Telecom industry’s spin machine casts net over community broadband (September/October 2005) By
Media to City: Play Ball: Making New York safe from democracy (September/October 2005) By
Defeated by Democracy: Reported as triumph, Iraq elections were really Bush team’s nightmare (May/June 2005) By
Fuzzy Math: Media buy White House line on “deficit reduction” (May/June 2005) By
Selling the Social Security Scare: A "fix" that won’t solve a "crisis" that doesn’t exist (January/February 2005) By
The Budget Deficit’s Bigger Brother: Editorialists ignore looming trade gap (November/December 2004) By
It's the Economy, Stupidly: Jobs reporting protects Bush's job (September/October 2004) By
The FTAA Is None of Your Business: A challenge to democracy (January/February 2003) By
Celebrating as the Rich Get Richer: Stock market coverage treats gains for the few as good news for all (July/August 2002) By
The 'Oh Really?' Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics (May/June 2002) By
Report from Porto Alegre: Is another media world possible? (May/June 2002) By
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
The Most Biased Name in News: Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt (July/August 2001) By
Free Trade = Freedom: FTAA coverage spins pro-business as pro-democracy (July/August 2001) By
Spinning the Tax Cut: Press helps out White House by minimizing the richest's gain (May/June 2001) By
Media See the Poor as Aggressors in 'Class War': Survey finds bottom-up references overwhelm top-down (January/February 2001) By
For Love or Money?: Economics takes a backseat in network reports about working mothers (January/February 2001) By
Surplus Shell Game: Pundits bent on fiscal discipline define away the surplus (November /December 2000) By
Mainstream News Coverage Of Economics: Elite Bias Rules (3/1/00) By
The Ever-Present Yet Nonexistent Poor: For Heritage's Poverty Expert, Numbers Mean What He Says They Mean (January/February 1999) By
'Greed' Is Bad Reporting (Update April 1998)
Death, Taxes and Media Distortion: Action Alert (Update June 1997)
Let Them Eat Baguettes: U.S. Press Teaches Austerity to French Strikers (March/April 1996) By
Wild in Deceit: Why "Teen Violence" is Poverty Violence in Disguise (March/April 1996) By
20 Reasons Not to Trust the Journal Editorial Page (September/October 1995) By and
The Mexican 'Miracle': What U.S. media missed (May/June 1995) By
Are All Yeltsin Critics "Hard-Line" -- Or Is That Just the U.S. Media's Party Line? (January/February 1994) By and
News Flash: Poor Mothers on Crime Spree! (November/December 1993) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
No Hope for the Homeless at the New York Times (March/April 1990) By
S&L Coverage Ignores Root Causes and Progressive Options (March/April 1989) By
Greg Gordon on Goldman Sachs, Phyllis Bennis on Israel/Palestine (11/6/09)
Cyrus Safdari on Iran, Nomi Prins on bailouts (10/9/09)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina anniversary, Sarah Anderson on executive pay (9/4/09)
Cyrus Safdari on Iran, Nomi Prins on bailouts (10/9/09)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina anniversary, Sarah Anderson on executive pay (9/4/09)
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Sasha Abramsky on 'Breadline USA', Jim Naureckas on the future of journalism (7/10/09)
Greg Grandin on Honduras coup, Nomi Prins on Madoff verdict (7/3/09)
Phyllis Bennis on Obama's Cairo speech, Jonathan Tasini on the Boston Globe/GM (6/12/09)
Manan Ahmed on Pakistan, Dean Starkman on 'Power Problem' (5/15/09)
Robert Johnson on AIG bonuses, Laura Carlsen on Mexican drug wars (3/20/09)
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on earmarks, Alex de Waal on Bashir indictment (3/13/09)
Ryan Chittum on Santelli's rant, Maria Elizabeth Grabe on network news bias (2/27/09)
Lori Wallach on Buy America brouhaha, Dan Beeton on Venezuela (2/13/09)
Dean Baker on stimulus package, Michael Ratner on torture 'loopholes' (1/30/09)
Mark Brenner on Big 3 bailout, Steve Rendall on the Fairness Doctrine (11/28/08)
David Cay Johnston on meltdown/bailout, Isabel MacDonald & Steve Rendall on 'Smearcasting,' FAIR's Islamophobia report (10/10/08)
Eartha Jane Melzer on Ohio GOP vote suppression, Sarah Anderson on Wall Street CEO pay (9/26/08)
James Galbraith on financial turmoil, Forrest Hylton on Bolivia crisis (9/19/08)
Jim Naureckas on McCain/Palin campaign claims, George Farah on open debates (9/12/08)
Katrina Special: Colette Pichon Battle on Katrina three years later, Leigh Dingerson on New Orleans schools. Derrick Evans on the FEMA trailer tour, ' (8/29/08)
Juan Cole on Iraq/Afghanistan, Todd Tucker on WTO talks (8/1/08)
Michael Ratner on Ali al-Marri, Jonathan Tasini on minimum wage (7/25/08)
Tyson Slocum on offshore drilling, Matthew Lasar on the Red Lion decision (6/20/08)
Eric Holt-Giménez on food crises, Mark Schapiro on environmental toxins (4/18/08)
Mark Weisbrot on Colombia trade deal, Rick Perlstein on John McCain (4/11/08)
Peter Hart on 2008 primaries, Kali Akuno on New Orleans public housing (1/11/08)
Nomi Prins on mortgage meltdown, Kamau Karl Franklin on HR 1955 (12/28/07)
Robert Parry on 'Why We Write,' Karlos Schmieder on gentrification (11/16/07)
Cynthia Boaz on Burma, Dean Baker on Social Security (10/5/07)
William Greider on Alan Greenspan, Anthony Arnove on Iraq contractors (9/21/07)
Neil deMause on FAIR's poverty study, Alex Koppelman on Lou Dobbs and U.S. Border Patrol criminals (9/7/07)
Heather Boushey on Census poverty report, Scott Horton on 'Coups 'R Us' (8/31/07)
David Cole on torture 'ban,' Dean Baker on economic myths (7/27/07)
Jared Bernstein on taxes, Sunday Dare on Nigeria (4/20/07)
Steve Rendall on Air America, Jeremy Weir Alderson on Homelessness Marathon (2/16/07)
Rick Perlstein on Conservatives & Martin Luther King, Sarah Olson on Watada Subpoena (1/19/07)
Arianna Huffington on Woodward's State of Denial, Sarah Anderson on Wal-Mart's pundits (10/6/06)
Sue Sturgis on Katrina anniversary, Heather Boushey on welfare 'reform' (9/1/06)
Tim Rutten on Enron, Peter Dreier on mine safety (6/2/06)
Aaron Glantz on Iraq, Doug Henwood on immigration (5/26/06)
Dave Lindorff on Bush & impeachment, Dean Baker on tax cuts (5/19/06)
Tyson Slocum on gas prices, Charlie Savage on Bush's signing statements (5/5/06)
Jeff Chester on COPE Act, Ann-Louise Colgan on World Bank (4/28/06)
Daniel Price on video news releases, Jeff Faux on globalization (4/7/06)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina reconstruction, Eric Boehlert on the K Street Project (1/27/06)
Patrick Cockburn on Iraq coverage, Brian Dominick on the Sago Mine story (1/13/06)
Nancy Cauthen on economic "good news," James Bamford on Rendon Group (12/9/05)
Jamie Court on Gas Prices and Jonathan Landay on FEMA & Michael Brown (9/16/05)
Will Bunch on Hurricane Katrina and Christopher Martin on Northwest Strike (9/2/05)
Antonia Juhasz on Iraq constitution, Brian Komar on Darfur TV ads (8/26/05)
Simona Sharoni on Gaza Withdrawal, Myron Levin on Lawsuit Reporting (8/19/05)
Scott Lipscomb on Iraq Body Count, Charlie Cray on "America's Heartland" (7/29/05)
Rosa Brooks on Judith Miller, Patrice O'Neill on The Fire Next Time (7/8/05)
Chris Slevin on CAFTA, Amitabh Pal on Tom Friedman (6/24/05)
Salih Booker on Africa Aid, Mark Benjamin on Iraq Body Counts (6/17/05)
David Swanson on Downing Street Memo, Betsy Leondar-Wright on Class Reporting (6/10/05)
Karen Hansen-Kuhn on CAFTA, Ray McGovern on "Smoking Gun Memo" (5/13/05)
Richard Kogan on Bush's budget, Melanie Sloan on network TV ad policies (2/11/05)
Dean Baker on Bush budget, Eric Boehlert on Bush/National Guard (2/13/04)
Sasha Abramsky on 'Breadline USA', Jim Naureckas on the future of journalism (7/10/09)
Greg Grandin on Honduras coup, Nomi Prins on Madoff verdict (7/3/09)
Phyllis Bennis on Obama's Cairo speech, Jonathan Tasini on the Boston Globe/GM (6/12/09)
Manan Ahmed on Pakistan, Dean Starkman on 'Power Problem' (5/15/09)
Robert Johnson on AIG bonuses, Laura Carlsen on Mexican drug wars (3/20/09)
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on earmarks, Alex de Waal on Bashir indictment (3/13/09)
Ryan Chittum on Santelli's rant, Maria Elizabeth Grabe on network news bias (2/27/09)
Lori Wallach on Buy America brouhaha, Dan Beeton on Venezuela (2/13/09)
Dean Baker on stimulus package, Michael Ratner on torture 'loopholes' (1/30/09)
Mark Brenner on Big 3 bailout, Steve Rendall on the Fairness Doctrine (11/28/08)
David Cay Johnston on meltdown/bailout, Isabel MacDonald & Steve Rendall on 'Smearcasting,' FAIR's Islamophobia report (10/10/08)
Eartha Jane Melzer on Ohio GOP vote suppression, Sarah Anderson on Wall Street CEO pay (9/26/08)
James Galbraith on financial turmoil, Forrest Hylton on Bolivia crisis (9/19/08)
Jim Naureckas on McCain/Palin campaign claims, George Farah on open debates (9/12/08)
Katrina Special: Colette Pichon Battle on Katrina three years later, Leigh Dingerson on New Orleans schools. Derrick Evans on the FEMA trailer tour, ' (8/29/08)
Juan Cole on Iraq/Afghanistan, Todd Tucker on WTO talks (8/1/08)
Michael Ratner on Ali al-Marri, Jonathan Tasini on minimum wage (7/25/08)
Tyson Slocum on offshore drilling, Matthew Lasar on the Red Lion decision (6/20/08)
Eric Holt-Giménez on food crises, Mark Schapiro on environmental toxins (4/18/08)
Mark Weisbrot on Colombia trade deal, Rick Perlstein on John McCain (4/11/08)
Peter Hart on 2008 primaries, Kali Akuno on New Orleans public housing (1/11/08)
Nomi Prins on mortgage meltdown, Kamau Karl Franklin on HR 1955 (12/28/07)
Robert Parry on 'Why We Write,' Karlos Schmieder on gentrification (11/16/07)
Cynthia Boaz on Burma, Dean Baker on Social Security (10/5/07)
William Greider on Alan Greenspan, Anthony Arnove on Iraq contractors (9/21/07)
Neil deMause on FAIR's poverty study, Alex Koppelman on Lou Dobbs and U.S. Border Patrol criminals (9/7/07)
Heather Boushey on Census poverty report, Scott Horton on 'Coups 'R Us' (8/31/07)
David Cole on torture 'ban,' Dean Baker on economic myths (7/27/07)
Jared Bernstein on taxes, Sunday Dare on Nigeria (4/20/07)
Steve Rendall on Air America, Jeremy Weir Alderson on Homelessness Marathon (2/16/07)
Rick Perlstein on Conservatives & Martin Luther King, Sarah Olson on Watada Subpoena (1/19/07)
Arianna Huffington on Woodward's State of Denial, Sarah Anderson on Wal-Mart's pundits (10/6/06)
Sue Sturgis on Katrina anniversary, Heather Boushey on welfare 'reform' (9/1/06)
Tim Rutten on Enron, Peter Dreier on mine safety (6/2/06)
Aaron Glantz on Iraq, Doug Henwood on immigration (5/26/06)
Dave Lindorff on Bush & impeachment, Dean Baker on tax cuts (5/19/06)
Tyson Slocum on gas prices, Charlie Savage on Bush's signing statements (5/5/06)
Jeff Chester on COPE Act, Ann-Louise Colgan on World Bank (4/28/06)
Daniel Price on video news releases, Jeff Faux on globalization (4/7/06)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina reconstruction, Eric Boehlert on the K Street Project (1/27/06)
Patrick Cockburn on Iraq coverage, Brian Dominick on the Sago Mine story (1/13/06)
Nancy Cauthen on economic "good news," James Bamford on Rendon Group (12/9/05)
Jamie Court on Gas Prices and Jonathan Landay on FEMA & Michael Brown (9/16/05)
Will Bunch on Hurricane Katrina and Christopher Martin on Northwest Strike (9/2/05)
Antonia Juhasz on Iraq constitution, Brian Komar on Darfur TV ads (8/26/05)
Simona Sharoni on Gaza Withdrawal, Myron Levin on Lawsuit Reporting (8/19/05)
Scott Lipscomb on Iraq Body Count, Charlie Cray on "America's Heartland" (7/29/05)
Rosa Brooks on Judith Miller, Patrice O'Neill on The Fire Next Time (7/8/05)
Chris Slevin on CAFTA, Amitabh Pal on Tom Friedman (6/24/05)
Salih Booker on Africa Aid, Mark Benjamin on Iraq Body Counts (6/17/05)
David Swanson on Downing Street Memo, Betsy Leondar-Wright on Class Reporting (6/10/05)
Karen Hansen-Kuhn on CAFTA, Ray McGovern on "Smoking Gun Memo" (5/13/05)
Richard Kogan on Bush's budget, Melanie Sloan on network TV ad policies (2/11/05)
Dean Baker on Bush budget, Eric Boehlert on Bush/National Guard (2/13/04)
What the Dow Isn't: Stocks misused as 'scorecard' of White House policy (3/5/09)
CBS Cheats on Tax Coverage: Manipulation of data leaves viewers disinformed (9/22/08)
Cutting Wal-Mart a Break: NY Times goes soft on retail giant (8/18/06)
CBS Cheats on Tax Coverage: Manipulation of data leaves viewers disinformed (9/22/08)
Cutting Wal-Mart a Break: NY Times goes soft on retail giant (8/18/06)
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Still Covering for Wal-Mart: ABC report has no space for critics (9/23/05)
ABC's One-Sided Wal-Mart Report: Does a big advertiser get special treatment? (8/10/05)
USA Today Responds on Social Security Criticism (2/14/05)
USA Today Covers for Bush's Social Security Distortion (2/7/05)
ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate: Not "everyone agrees" with distorted claims (1/14/05)
PBS's "Commanding" Conflict of Interest: Enron & other corporate giants sponsored new globalization series (4/3/02)
U.S. News Offers White House Spin on Taxes (2/16/01)
Still Covering for Wal-Mart: ABC report has no space for critics (9/23/05)
ABC's One-Sided Wal-Mart Report: Does a big advertiser get special treatment? (8/10/05)
USA Today Responds on Social Security Criticism (2/14/05)
USA Today Covers for Bush's Social Security Distortion (2/7/05)
ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate: Not "everyone agrees" with distorted claims (1/14/05)
PBS's "Commanding" Conflict of Interest: Enron & other corporate giants sponsored new globalization series (4/3/02)
U.S. News Offers White House Spin on Taxes (2/16/01)
