The wave of lame heat-wave headlines
Apparently, self-indulgent levity is one way to keep cool in the nation's newsrooms
With record high temperatures burning across the plains and up the East Coast — and 32 states and the District of Columbia under heat-warnings or heat advisories — a "miserable heat wave" is punishing the country. Though dozens have died, the media can't help but use the situation as fodder for punny, jocular headlines, especially given the, ahem, heated debt ceiling debate in the capital. Here, a sampling of attempted wit:
"When Mr. Heat comes to Washington"
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