"Why does it matter who calls out the falsehood?" Because facts aren't usually discussed in isolation. If a climate change denialist were the one to point out

"Why does it matter who calls out the falsehood?" Because facts aren't usually discussed in isolation. If a climate change denialist were the one to point out the fact, they would frame it with something like: 'Lies the climate establishment are telling you!' If it slows down the process of convincing people of the seriousness of climate change for The Atlantic to report a headline like this, it doesn't slow it down as much as a climate denialist group beating The Atlantic to the punch. "Better to have a more neutral title like "The Amazon's Role in Global Oxygen Production". That stops the facts from being decontextualized." Maybe. But the more direct headline helps with the issue listed above. Many (but not all) climate change denialists do not argue in good faith, and it's more important to head off any claim of a cover-up or bias that they might have than to keep the narrative pristine. Realistically, the alternative to the OP's headline is not something more neutral, but something like this real headline from Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/08/26/why-everything-they-say-about-the-amazon-including-that-its-the-lungs-of-the-world-is-wrong/#563c18265bde https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/08/26...