Following the death of former Republican Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe on Tuesday, liberal media outlets dwelt on his views on climate change in their obituaries.

Inhofe died at age 89 after reportedly falling ill suddenly while on vacation, according to various media outlets. – include The New York Times, POLITICO And that Associated Press – the headline referenced the late senator’s stance on climate change. (Related: Democrats and media are pushing new study linking climate change to inflation, but economists don't believe it

NYT headline read “Climate change denier Senator James M. Inhofe dies at 89,” and was described as “perhaps Washington's most prominent denier of the established science of man-made climate change.”

Politico's original headline read, “Ex-Sen. Jim Inhofe, who called climate change a 'hoax,' dies at 89.” according to In a screenshot posted to X (formerly Twitter), the headline now states that Senator Inhofe's career has been “marked by battling climate science,” and the article describes him as “a proud critic of the overwhelming scientific consensus on man-made climate change.”

“Headlines are regularly A/B tested and rotated based on several factors, including engagement,” a Politico spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

One of these men was a member of the KKK, another killed a young woman in a car crash, and a third threw snowballs on the Senate floor.

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The AP's headline read, “Inhofe Calls Human-Caused Climate Change a Hoax” and that he is known for “denying that human activity is the cause of most climate change.”

Imhof Said “Much of the debate about global warming is based on fear, not science,” he said on the Senate floor in 2005.

“Simply put, human-caused global warming is [is] “This is nothing more than a religious belief for far-left extremist alarmists,” he said.

The New York Times and The Associated Press did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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