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.

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,…