So it would seem that adding the time would make the citation more accurate. (Of course, that depends entirely on what you are researching.) Rather than citing an hourly summary, it might be better to cite a more credible, more in-depth full-length treatment of your chosen subject. I’m sure that every one of these news items also appeared in some other form, whether as a web page or separate audio file on the NPR site, or in some other news publication.
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Npr hourly news update#
a brief update on world counter-terrorism efforts Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections, every weekday from noon-2 p.m.Poland’s efforts to get a crime suspect extradited from the U.S.an update on a $600 million fine against the makers of the painkiller Ox圜ontin Radioline gives to users access to more than 110 000 News, Sports, Talk, Music radio stations and podcasts worldwide.George Bush signing legislation banning cruel and unusual punishment of terrorism suspects (apparently with ample CIA loopholes).In 2 or 3 minutes of Googling, I found the audio for “ NPR News: 07-20-2007 11PM ET.” NPR does distribute its programming as podcasts, and it does sell transcripts and CDs of its archives. North Carolina is getting its first car manufacturing plant. So it would seem that a compete citation would need the time. Nevertheless, you would think that, because an hourly news summary changes every hour, that the date of access is not specific enough to help a reader find the source being cited.
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In general, I agree with the 7th edition’s position that URLs are not all that useful in Works Cited lists, since people tend to search rather than type URLs. “Hourly News Summary.” National Public Radio. The 7th edition of the MLA Handbook includes this example: