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An oft-repeated factoid about the Yugoslav Wars is that a popular insult at the time was "I hope your home appears on CNN." Is there any truth to whether people in the former Yugoslavia said this? Is it likely someone in the middle of the war would be familiar with foreign media coverage?

by /u/AdmiralAkbar1 in /r/AskHistorians

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