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
capetown airport. a trial by twitter many are calling it. according to her linkedin page she was also a publicist for the wwe. on her now disabled twitter page, she has a cache of questionable now deleted tweets like, i had a sex dream about an autistic kid last night and i can t be fired for things i say while intoxicated, right? leaving many to wonder how could pr expert not know how to manage her own social media? i don t think people like justine realize the immediacy of twitter, one tweerkts one statement is all it takes in the world of twitter and social media to cost somebody their career. she is learning that the hard way. if there is any good to come out of this controversy, it seems that sacco s tweets brought more attention to aids relief charities. someone registered the dopain name to link wage to tdirec