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NPR Board Member Admits It Serves 'Liberal, Highly Educated Elite,' Wonders How to Justify Public Funding in Light of This By Lachlan Markay Created 03/11/2011 - 1:31pm By Lachlan Markay | March 11, 2011 | 13:31 At least one National Public Radio board member has a firm grasp on arguments against the organization receiving federal funding. Criticisms of NPR "do have some legitimacy," she noted, and "we must, as a starting point, take on board some of this criticism." Sue Schardt, director of the Association of Independents in Radio and a member of NPR's board, noted during the board's Feburary...