![I wrote about Bosnia at the time. Somebody looked out their window and saw gangsters coming down the street and doing ethnic cleansing. I said that was the thing that would happen in the future, someone phoning in what they were seeing on the scene. Whether it's the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Drudge Report or the BBC, all those reports, you have to assume there's a real person [who] has credibility.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-wrote-about-bosnia-at-the-time-somebody-looked-out-their-window-and-saw-gangst.jpg)
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