Ebony Editor Worries She’ll Be Killed by Islamists After SNL’s ISIS Parody

‘What’s good taste and bad taste can be debated, but I think about this — is the risk worth it?’

Ebony Editor Worries She'll Be Killed By Islamists After SNL's ISIS Parody (NewsBusters)

Jamilah Lemieux probably shouldn't sit by the phone awaiting word that she's won a profile in courage award.

Ebony's senior digital editor was one of Al Sharpton's guests on MSNBC's PoliticsNation last night when the subject turned to a Saturday Night Live parody of a Super Bowl commercial.

In the original Toyota ad, a father is shown saying goodbye to his daughter at the airport as she departs for military service. In SNL's version, the girl is leaving to join a trigger-happy band of ISIS thugs.

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