You're spinning.  There was no "accusation," no "libel," no "BLP violation."  Morris famously took an extremely controversial position in several highly public venues, including a revision of his seminal book, and PR alluded accurately and non-controversially to Morris's statements.  Knowing nothing about Morris' scholarship, you began hyperventilating and are now trying to spin your way out of it.  We've seen this movie before, and it sucks.