Current Events > Veteran Bay Area news anchor SUSPENDED after dispute over Gabby Petito coverage

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brestugo
09/26/21 12:37:01 PM
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https://news.yahoo.com/news-anchor-suspended-dispute-gabby-142919089.html

A San Francisco news anchor has been taken off the air in a dispute over Gabby Petito coverage, reports say.

Frank Somerville, the anchor for Fox Bay Area news affiliate KTVU, was "suspended indefinitely" after he suggested that a segment on Petito should include a tagline acknowledging the "extraordinary" amount of media coverage her case had received, according to Mercury News.

Sources told the outlet that Somerville wanted to note the disparities in media attention towards cases of missing white women compared with indigenous women and women of color.

Somerville, who has an adopted Black daughter, reportedly pushed back against management after he was told his suggestion was "inappropriate."



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Turtlemayor333
09/26/21 12:39:41 PM
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gunplagirl
09/26/21 12:40:38 PM
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I'm not surprised at all that he got in trouble for this.

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Jagr_68
09/26/21 12:52:16 PM
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News moderation team is a FUCKING JOKE.

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MorbidFaithless
09/26/21 1:09:43 PM
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At least he tried.

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CommonStar
09/26/21 1:12:51 PM
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You know what's even more disgusting?

KTVU tweeted this after they suspended him for the exact thing:
https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/1441955691510501377
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CM_Ponch
09/26/21 1:14:47 PM
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Frank the homie

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Alucard188
09/26/21 1:14:53 PM
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CommonStar posted...
You know what's even more disgusting?

KTVU tweeted this after they suspended him for the exact thing:
https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/1441955691510501377

News anchor was giving them new content for free, when they could be monetising it in their own segment. smh

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brestugo
09/26/21 1:15:49 PM
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CommonStar posted...
You know what's even more disgusting?

KTVU tweeted this after they suspended him for the exact thing:
https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/1441955691510501377
That is disgusting.

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brestugo
09/26/21 1:16:14 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
At least he tried.
+1

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thronedfire2
09/26/21 1:18:24 PM
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Ah, its a Fox affiliate. That explains it

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Looked gf
09/26/21 1:19:25 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
At least he tried.


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DeadBankerDream
09/26/21 1:20:10 PM
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I don't think a news segment on a murdered woman is the place to point out that there's only a news segment about her because she's white.

I can't imagine that was enough to get someone fired, though.

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UnholyMudcrab
09/26/21 1:26:04 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
Ah, its a Fox affiliate. That explains it

Fox affiliates are separate from Fox News
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BeyondWalls
09/26/21 1:27:35 PM
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Guys, its not inappropriate to have the conversation.

It is inappropriate to put a graphic across this murder victim that amounts to does this girl deserve this much coverage? Which is basically what he wanted to do.

And heres a thought for anyone in the media... instead of going out of your way to bitch about Gabbys coverage, why dont you use that time to actually show the other missing cases!


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BeyondWalls
09/26/21 1:30:19 PM
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wickerman posted...
many of them are actually owned by sinclair now, though, which is just as bad
Yeah, Sinclair is the worst. They actually dictate stories to the affiliates. I believe John Oliver did a piece on this.

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gunplagirl
09/26/21 1:32:41 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
And heres a thought for anyone in the media... instead of going out of your way to bitch about Gabbys coverage, why dont you use that time to actually show the other missing cases!
You don't know shit about how news stations decide on their stories if you think this is how it works

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BeyondWalls
09/26/21 1:34:39 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
You don't know shit about how news stations decide on their stories if you think this is how it works
Go on...

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VipaGTS
09/26/21 1:59:42 PM
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Somerville is a great person. He legitimately cares about the people he reports on and often takes to his own social media to bring attention to stories the media is ignoring. He also adopted a black child. this is a legitimate discussion that needs to be had and there is no one better than him in a sense to bring it up. He's in the profession, his own daughter unfortunately wouldn't get this much attention, but she would if she looked like him...of course it means something to him.

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BeyondWalls
09/26/21 2:11:34 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
this is a legitimate discussion that needs to be had
But the news station didnt disagree with that. They disagreed with putting a tag line on Gabbys coverage. You can still have that conversation without putting a tacky banner on top of a murder victim that questions her news worthiness.

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VipaGTS
09/26/21 2:22:24 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
But the news station didnt disagree with that. They disagreed with putting a tag line on Gabbys coverage. You can still have that conversation without putting a tacky banner on top of a murder victim that questions her news worthiness.
A separate story pointing this out while bringing up Gabby and using her as the cover image does the same thing. This is just being picky for no reason. There is no "easy" way to have the conversation. anyway its done can be spun to be "disrespectful" to her. there is no reason to try and spin it that way. The intent is very clear.

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Trumble
09/26/21 2:25:41 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
And heres a thought for anyone in the media... instead of going out of your way to bitch about Gabbys coverage, why dont you use that time to actually show the other missing cases!

^ This. It's fucking hilarious every time a media outlet runs an article about what they perceive as failures in media representation / coverage. Like... the time you spent on writing that article could've been spent on writing one covering the things you think need more coverage. Of course, when you realise that said articles are more about drumming up tensions than they are about addressing issues, it makes a lot more sense.

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SuperShake666
09/26/21 2:27:10 PM
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wickerman posted...
many of them are actually owned by sinclair now, though, which is just as bad

I live in the Bay Area and can confirm that they are not tainted by Sinclair.

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EbonTitanium
09/26/21 2:34:42 PM
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Without a Trace had an episode about something like this.

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HairyQueen
09/26/21 2:48:19 PM
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And he is 100% correct on this

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ScionTC_07
09/26/21 2:51:46 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
And he is 100% correct on this

This

I'm not saying I don't care about Gabby but if she was black, Hispanic, Filipino, Chinese, or any other minority, no one would care that she is missing

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brestugo
09/26/21 2:52:31 PM
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A guy is suspended for suggesting a tagline about disproportionate media coverage and people wonder why a journalist might be afraid to stick their neck out to air equal coverage of women of color?

This was a veteran journalist. Imagine the chilling effect this has on other less secure TV journalists.

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dj1200
09/26/21 2:53:52 PM
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I love Frank and have met him several times. My dad works for KTVU.

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MorbidFaithless
09/26/21 3:00:36 PM
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Trumble posted...
Of course, when you realise that said articles are more about drumming up tensions than they are about addressing issues, it makes a lot more sense.
You blacked it out but still told on yourself lmao.

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KaZooo
09/26/21 3:03:19 PM
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Frank is a Bay Area news staple, had his ups and downs and has been pretty insightful about how fatherhood has made him realize things he's been ignorant about in society. I'm not at all surprised he had strong opinions about this situation. He's a people's voice. A true anchor man.


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Bishop9800
09/26/21 3:26:05 PM
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KaZooo posted...
Frank is a Bay Area news staple, had his ups and downs and has been pretty insightful about how fatherhood has made him realize things he's been ignorant about in society. I'm not at all surprised he had strong opinions about this situation. He's a people's voice. A true anchor man.


This x1000

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BeyondWalls
09/26/21 3:49:11 PM
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brestugo posted...
A guy is suspended for suggesting a tagline
We all agree you don't get suspended for "suggesting," right? That's the way the news article phrased it, but by their own admission that's not how it went down. He suggested it, they shot it down, and he kept pushing.

Oh, also this...

He was first taken off the air in May after slurring and stumbling over his words while reading from a teleprompter, and had only recently returned after an eight-week suspension.

Reading between the line, we can kind of guess what happened, right? This guy is probably an alcoholic and probably got belligerent when they told him no. The station finally had enough and tossed him. Maybe that's not the way it went down, but it seems the likely scenario to me. Do you really think he just said, "Hey, guys. We should draw more attention to POC." and the station owner was like, "You're fired!" Come on, get real.

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brestugo
09/26/21 3:52:41 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
We all agree you don't get suspended for "suggesting," right? That's the way the news article phrased it, but by their own admission that's not how it went down. He suggested it, they shot it down, and he kept pushing.

Oh, also this...

Reading between the line, we can kind of guess what happened, right? This guy is probably an alcoholic and probably got belligerent when they told him no. The station finally had enough and tossed him. Maybe that's not the way it went down, but it seems the likely scenario to me. Do you really think he just said, "Hey, guys. We should draw more attention to POC." and the station owner was like, "You're fired!" Come on, get real.
Stranger things have happened.

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Trumble
09/26/21 3:53:11 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
We all agree you don't get suspended for "suggesting," right? That's the way the news article phrased it, but by their own admission that's not how it went down. He suggested it, they shot it down, and he kept pushing.

Oh, also this...

Reading between the line, we can kind of guess what happened, right? This guy is probably an alcoholic and probably got belligerent when they told him no. The station finally had enough and tossed him. Maybe that's not the way it went down, but it seems the likely scenario to me. Do you really think he just said, "Hey, guys. We should draw more attention to POC." and the station owner was like, "You're fired!" Come on, get real.


Honestly, I think more than anything it comes down to that he wanted to slap it over actual coverage of the story.

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Blue_Dream87
09/27/21 5:47:06 AM
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Based news reporter

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teep_
09/27/21 5:49:26 AM
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Turtlemayor333 posted...
You dropped this, king

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