world expo 2020. this tells the world it s not as modern as it likes to make people think it is. it was a fictional video. it was a comedy video with no intent to harm. and it it was pretty clear. and he s already been in there for eight months. and there s no reason why he has should have to spend any more time in jail. we don t feel this is justice. the video in question poked fun at dubai teenagers who are influenced by hip-hop culture. this apparently, quote, defamed the uae society s image abroad. a pr executive, celebrity, and a state lawmaker. what do they all have in common? they tweeted and the twitterverse fought back. next, why the mob mentality has the power to sink anyone.
ju justine sacco tweeted going to africa, hope i don t get aids, just kidding. i m white. she was promptly fired. now shy says she is ashamed. this isn t her first offense, the questions are why? cnn s pamela brown joins us, very unusual situation. very unusual. it looks like justine sacco could use a pr executive. it turns out the 54 words is one of self tasteless tweets on her now disabled twitter account. social media is calling it the tweet heard around the world. going to africa, hope i don t get aids. just kidding, i m white. now three days after pr exec justine sacco is out of a job and apologizeing. on sunday, she issued this statement saying words cannot express how sorry i am and how
area. may have to divert planes back toward paris. it s going to be a long time to get there and probably some of the ferries won t get across the channel at all the next couple days. 50 foot waves. absolutely. literally waves the size you would get with a hurricane because the winds are that strong out there. they ve got all the north sea activity there. going to have a lot of impact. thanks so much. of course, be careful what you tweet. that is the hard lesson being learned by a pr executive after an offensive tweet about aids went vifrl that she sent. this morning, she is out of a job. up next, we ll tell you what she said that ignited a social media firestorm. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it s earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation
today, justine sacco is unemployed, sacked by the media company she was supposed to be helping. it s pretty unbelievable. i don t know what word to use. shocking. reporter: mind boggling. when you put it in the context that she s a pr executive, it looks like she could use a public sifgts of her own. just 53 characters, that s all it took, to cause her to lose her job. turns out the tweet is just one of several tasteless tweets on her now disabled twitter account. social media is calling it the tweet heard around the world. going to africa, hope i don t get a.i.d.s. just kidding, i m white. now just three days after she sent out that tweet, she s out of a job and apologizing.
one notable tweet from a washington representative. tweeted, losing a football game sucks. losing to a desert racist wasteland sucks a lot. yeah, some folks in arizona and beyond, not too happy with that tweet. also making waves in the twitterverse this weekend, comedian steve martin tweeted out a joke that many of his followers slammed as racist. he deleted the tweet, issues an apology statement, and then justine sacco. the twitter faux pas took the internet by storm this weekend. the now former pr executive tweeted before hopping on a flight, going to africa. hope i don t get aids. just kidding, i m white. yep, she tweeted that. she worked in pr. by the time she had landed in johannesbu johannesburg, twitter was on fire by people outraged by the tweet. many calling for her to be fired. later, she was dismissed by her company, iac, and issued this