PR Exec Justine Sacco Apologizes for Offensive Tweet: Report
 

PR Exec Justine Sacco Apologizes for Offensive Tweet: Report
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Public-relations executive Justine Sacco issued an apology Sunday after publishing an offensive tweet that joked about AIDS and race, according to a report

"Words can**t 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," Sacco said in a statement to ABC. "There is an AIDS crisis taking place in this country, that we read about in America, but do **t 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." Read more...

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