Dealing with XML errors in RSS feeds using SyndicationFeed.Load

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When reading in a 3rd party RSS feed an XMLException is thrown due to an invalid DateTime in the feed XML.

How can I handle this more robustly. For example, is there a way to catch the exception, identify the problematic element and deal with it?

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