US PR officer puts her foot right in it!

21 December 2013 Last updated at 10:26

PR officer Justine Sacco's Aids comment causes twitter storm

A US public relations executive has provoked a storm of online protest for writing a Twitter comment about Aids in Africa.

Justine Sacco, who works for the media company IAC, wrote: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get Aids. Just kidding. I'm white!"

Ms Sacco's account has now been deleted.

IAC responded by saying the "outrageous, offensive comment" did not reflect the company's views and values.

"Unfortunately, the employee in question is unreachable on an international flight, but this is a very serious matter and we are taking appropriate action," the IAC said in a statement to the media blog Valleywag.

IAC is the parent company of Match.com, The Daily Beast, Dictionary.com and BlackPeopleMeet.com, a dating site for African-Americans.

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Who's a clever girl then!!!!!

 

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall and to have seen her face when she was informed after she got off her internal flight!

Think that might be one unemployed PR officer!

Sassy wrote:Think that might be one unemployed PR officer!

One less far right moron in a job!   

Seems an incredible stupid thing to say, bearing in mind her job.