Hopejacking: Change you should not believe in
Following up on the Hamas and MEND posts, here’s a new term for the foreign-policy blogosphere: Hopejacking: n. The cynical use of exaggerated or completely invented associations with president-elect Barack Obama by international leaders or organizations. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more examples. TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images
Following up on the Hamas and MEND posts, here's a new term for the foreign-policy blogosphere:
Hopejacking: n. The cynical use of exaggerated or completely invented associations with president-elect Barack Obama by international leaders or organizations.
We'll be keeping an eye out for more examples.
Following up on the Hamas and MEND posts, here’s a new term for the foreign-policy blogosphere:
Hopejacking: n. The cynical use of exaggerated or completely invented associations with president-elect Barack Obama by international leaders or organizations.
We’ll be keeping an eye out for more examples.
TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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