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Edited by Frnksnbns: 12/21/2013 9:27:16 PM
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Racial tweet from PR exec about AIDS sparks outrage

This woman is not very bright. Supposedly she is a public relations executive. She tweeted the following while on her flight to Africa: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" It's possible she was fired before she even landed, lol. [i]A public relations executive for an Internet company drew outrage online after a post from her Twitter account said: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” The message came from the account of Justine Sacco, the communications director for New York online media conglomerate InterActiveCorp, who was on an international flight to Africa on Friday. By the time she landed, it had sparked a furor online, including the Twitter hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet. It was the top non-promoted hashtag during her flight, and remained a top trending topic on Twitter on Saturday. IAC, which owns Match.com, About.com, Vimeo, OKCupid and the Daily Beast, issued a statement Friday in response to the outcry: “This is an outrageous, offensive comment that does not reflect the views and values of IAC. Unfortunately, the employee in question is unreachable on an international flight, but this is a very serious matter and we are taking appropriate action.” Sacco’s Twitter account had been deleted by Saturday, and TODAY reported that her name had been removed from the company website. IAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sacco’s employment status, TODAY reported.[/i]

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