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Justine Sacco, PR executive fired over racist tweet, 'ashamed'
Justine Sacco, former IAC employee, issues apology to 'millions of people living with the virus' after social media erupted
A woman sacked as communications director of the New York-based internet empire InterActive Corp for having made a puerile tweet that linked Aids with race, has issued an apology to the “millions of people living with the virus”.
Justine Sacco, the dismissed head of corporate communications for Barry Diller's company, issued a contrite statement on Sunday to the Star newspaper in South Africa where she has travelled to be with her family over the holiday season. It was during the 11-hour flight from London to Cape Town that she became the latest example of the power of Twitter to destroy those who cause offense through unthinking use of the social media site.
Shortly before she boarded the flight on Friday she tweeted:
Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!
In her statement, the PR executive said that she was in “anguish knowing that my remarks have caused pain to so many people” in South Africa where she was born and where her father still lives. "Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the people of South Africa, who I have offended due to a needless and careless tweet.”
She added: “There is an AIDS crisis taking place in this country, that we read about in America, but do not live with or face on a continuous basis. Unfortunately, it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic that one has never witnessed firsthand.”
Sacco turned into a notorious Twitter superstar while she was in the air. During her long flight to South Africa, unbeknownst to her, she became an internet phenomenon – the offending remark was retweeted over 2,000 times.
By the time she disembarked her ignorant comment on Aids had been picked up by Buzzfeed, gone viral on Twitter with the hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet trending, and Sacco was in deep trouble. She deleted her offending tweet and her entire Twitter account soon after landing, but by then it was already too late.
On Saturday IAC, which owns internet ventures such as the Daily Beast, Ask.com, Dictionary.com and Match.com dismissed her for what it called her “hateful statements”. Though the company added that it hoped that “time and action, and the forgiving human spirit, will not result in the wholesale condemnation of an individual who we have otherwise known to be a decent person at core."
Justine Sacco, former IAC employee, issues apology to 'millions of people living with the virus' after social media erupted
A woman sacked as communications director of the New York-based internet empire InterActive Corp for having made a puerile tweet that linked Aids with race, has issued an apology to the “millions of people living with the virus”.
Justine Sacco, the dismissed head of corporate communications for Barry Diller's company, issued a contrite statement on Sunday to the Star newspaper in South Africa where she has travelled to be with her family over the holiday season. It was during the 11-hour flight from London to Cape Town that she became the latest example of the power of Twitter to destroy those who cause offense through unthinking use of the social media site.
Shortly before she boarded the flight on Friday she tweeted:
Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!
In her statement, the PR executive said that she was in “anguish knowing that my remarks have caused pain to so many people” in South Africa where she was born and where her father still lives. "Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the people of South Africa, who I have offended due to a needless and careless tweet.”
She added: “There is an AIDS crisis taking place in this country, that we read about in America, but do not live with or face on a continuous basis. Unfortunately, it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic that one has never witnessed firsthand.”
Sacco turned into a notorious Twitter superstar while she was in the air. During her long flight to South Africa, unbeknownst to her, she became an internet phenomenon – the offending remark was retweeted over 2,000 times.
By the time she disembarked her ignorant comment on Aids had been picked up by Buzzfeed, gone viral on Twitter with the hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet trending, and Sacco was in deep trouble. She deleted her offending tweet and her entire Twitter account soon after landing, but by then it was already too late.
On Saturday IAC, which owns internet ventures such as the Daily Beast, Ask.com, Dictionary.com and Match.com dismissed her for what it called her “hateful statements”. Though the company added that it hoped that “time and action, and the forgiving human spirit, will not result in the wholesale condemnation of an individual who we have otherwise known to be a decent person at core."
GreatestLaker
#FirePelinka
I'm Billy FUCO!!
Banned
You late as hell 
gotdamn you late as fukk 
That's YOUR queen
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
Are you stupid?Man im not going back and fourth w/ you kids....yall are like some catty women
fukk around and be here for a week takling about nothing
I'm Billy FUCO!!
Banned
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Seriosly. shyt like this should be a temp ban/timeout.
Being days late on big social media news is like handing out months old newspapers.
Waits for op to be like "I'm not on the net all day like yall"
I hate this shyt right here.....and they KNOW that ain't no good excuse
How long does it take to search the coli for the name of the person in the story? If you don't see nothing recent about 'Justine Sacco' or 'AIDS tweet', THEN you post the shyt.....is that so hard
61 Corpses
The Breh
He's been an idiot since way back in the
days. I remember when nikkas posted his pic and he was sportin a Bobby Brown high top Gumby fade back in 06
Oh my fellow Coli wolves..... one of my favorite memories about an outed and publicly shamed racist.
Well she's back like a bad guy in an 80's horror movie. That was fast.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/cul...cist_africa_tweet_working_for_hot_or_not.html
Justine Sacco, PR Exec Fired for Racist Africa Tweet, Working for Hot or Not
Sacco, who lost her job and was publicly shamed by the Internet after she tweeted, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” has found new PR work with the once-popular vanity site Hot or Not.
By: Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
Posted: June 17 2014 1:46 PM
The infamous tweet that landed Justine Sacco in hot water
Twitter
What happens when an Internet relic and an infamous tweeter join forces? Who knows, but it’s bound to be exciting. BuzzFeed is reporting that the once wildly popular site Hot or Not—which showed subscribers photos and allowed viewers to vote on whether the person was hot or not—is relaunching, and you will never guess who has been tasked to help with marketing and promotion.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Does the tweet, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” ring any bells?
That’s right: It’s Justine Sacco, the PR exec who rose to the heights of Internet infamy in December after she sent the maliciously ridiculous tweet and then hopped a plane to the continent, with no idea of the firestorm that was brewing on land. She received worldwide attention and was immediately fired from her job. Sacco later apologized and had been laying low—until now.
Hot or Not plans to turn what was once a vanity-based voting site into a full-fledged dating app. According to BuzzFeed, Sacco, who used to work for Internet company IAC, will help with the app’s promotion and relaunch.
No word on whether or not she will have anything to do with social media.
Read more at BuzzFeed.
Well she's back like a bad guy in an 80's horror movie. That was fast.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/cul...cist_africa_tweet_working_for_hot_or_not.html
Justine Sacco, PR Exec Fired for Racist Africa Tweet, Working for Hot or Not
Sacco, who lost her job and was publicly shamed by the Internet after she tweeted, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” has found new PR work with the once-popular vanity site Hot or Not.
By: Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
Posted: June 17 2014 1:46 PM
The infamous tweet that landed Justine Sacco in hot water
What happens when an Internet relic and an infamous tweeter join forces? Who knows, but it’s bound to be exciting. BuzzFeed is reporting that the once wildly popular site Hot or Not—which showed subscribers photos and allowed viewers to vote on whether the person was hot or not—is relaunching, and you will never guess who has been tasked to help with marketing and promotion.
Wait for it.
Wait for it.
Does the tweet, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” ring any bells?
That’s right: It’s Justine Sacco, the PR exec who rose to the heights of Internet infamy in December after she sent the maliciously ridiculous tweet and then hopped a plane to the continent, with no idea of the firestorm that was brewing on land. She received worldwide attention and was immediately fired from her job. Sacco later apologized and had been laying low—until now.
Hot or Not plans to turn what was once a vanity-based voting site into a full-fledged dating app. According to BuzzFeed, Sacco, who used to work for Internet company IAC, will help with the app’s promotion and relaunch.
No word on whether or not she will have anything to do with social media.
Read more at BuzzFeed.
