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America's hottest month ever beat a notorious record
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What happenedAmerica's hottest month ever beat a notorious record.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says". The center frames it as "America's hottest month ever beat a notorious record".
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Left / center-leftContiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says
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America's hottest month ever beat a notorious record
Blame whatever or whomever you want. Either way, July was the hottest month ever in the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says July was the hottest month ever recorde...
Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says
Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast.
