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AP - A National Public Radio executive was captured on hidden camera calling the tea party movement racist and xenophobic and said NPR would be better off without federal funding, in an embarrassment likely to fuel the latest round of conservative attacks on public broadcasting.<br style="clear: both;" /><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="NPR exec blasts tea party in hidden-camera video   (AP)" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_re_us/us_npr_tea_party_criticism" target="_blank">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110309/ap_on_re_us/us_npr_tea_party_criticism</a></p>