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770: My Lying Eyes
Act Three

We Did Start the Fire

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Sometimes even when you live through something, it can be hard to see it for what it is. Reporter Katie Worth has a story about a 7th-grader in that position. (15 minutes)

Katie reported this story for the PBS series Frontline and the Ground Truth Project. She is the author of the book Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught In America.

By Katie Worth; Produced by Chris Benderev

Song:

“You Can't Pull the Wool Over my Eyes” by Mike Penny and his Moonshiners

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