{"id":47496,"date":"2016-06-10T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=47496"},"modified":"2016-06-10T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:55:08","slug":"piers-morgan-shot-down-after-trying-to-justify-comments-about-racist-muhammad-ali-during-gmb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=47496","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan shot down after trying to justify comments about &#8216;racist&#8217; Muhammad Ali during GMB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/piers-morgan-shot-down-after-8122082\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Piers Morgan shot down after trying to justify comments about &#8216;racist&#8217; Muhammad Ali during GMB<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Mirror<\/a><br \/>\nLondon, England<br \/>\n2016-06-06<\/p>\n<p><em>The host previously tweeted that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ali\" target=\"_blank\">Ali<\/a> was responsible for a number of &#8216;inflammatory&#8217; and &#8216;racist&#8217; comments<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piers_Morgan\" target=\"_blank\">Piers Morgan<\/a> was shot down as he discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammad_Ali\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad Ali<\/a> during <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)\" target=\"_blank\">Good Morning Britain<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4221396001\/60716998-ff67-4298-8bd7-2162e15a858d_default\/index.html\" width=\"640px\" height=\"360px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend the outspoken host was met with a backlash when he claimed Ali was responsible for a number of &#8216;racist&#8217; comments following his death on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted: &#8220;Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory\/racist things about white people than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> ever has about Muslims. #fact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Piers looked to be trying to justify his comments about the boxer when he presented <em>Good Morning Britain<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to barrister <a href=\"http:\/\/mirandabrawn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Brawn<\/a>, he said: &#8220;There was another side to Ali, he was incredibly controversial.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;But guest Miranda didn&#8217;t let Piers&#8217; comments go uncontested as she set the record straight about Ali&#8217;s racial agenda.<\/p>\n<p>She instead reminded Piers that Ali was integral in helping improve self-pride amongst black people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/piers-morgan-shot-down-after-8122082\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piers Morgan shot down after trying to justify comments about &#8216;racist&#8217; Muhammad Ali during GMB The Daily Mirror London, England 2016-06-06 The host previously tweeted that Ali was responsible for a number of &#8216;inflammatory&#8217; and &#8216;racist&#8217; comments Piers Morgan was shot down as he discussed Muhammad Ali during Good Morning Britain. 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