Justine Sacco (Image source: Facebook)
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Words Cannot Express How Sorry I Am': PR Exec Fired for Posting AIDS Tweet Issues Formal Apology
December 22, 2013
"Unfortunately, it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic that one has never witnessed firsthand."
Justine Sacco (Image source: Facebook)
Justine Sacco, the PR exec who posted an offensive tweet about AIDS and Africa and was fired by media company IAC for her actions, has issued a formal apology:
"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 wrote in a statement provided to ABC News. "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."
On Friday, Sacco posted this tweet: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" The backlash over the Internet was severe.
(H/T: The Huffington Post)
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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