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The real story behind ABC's Hawaii headline change

They didn't change it because of activist backlash. They changed it because it was inaccurate.

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Emily Atkin
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Earlier this week, ABC News published an article with the headline: “Why Climate Change Can’t Be Blamed for the Maui Wildfires.”

It pissed me off. So I tweeted about it. And soon I was chatting with the scientist whose comments were the main basis for the piece.

Near the top of ABC’s article, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain had been quoted as saying,…

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