News Anchor Suspended After Calling Out Station's Excessive Coverage Of Gabby Petito Case

Frank Somerville is good people.https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1442587870846279684\u00a0\u2026

— alessandro fillari (@alessandro fillari) 1632774958

It\u2019s an appalling move by KTVU, a station based in Oakland, CA with a diverse demographic population which includes 25% African Americans, to suspend an anchor for having the best intentions and calling out the oversaturation of Gabby coverage. Justice for Frank Somerville!

— SFSportschick (@SFSportschick) 1632599171

News anchor \u2018suspended\u2019 amid row over coverage of Gabby Petito\u2019s casehttps://www.indy100.com/news/frank-somerville-suspended-gabby-petitio-ktvu-b1927513?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1632732682-1\u00a0\u2026

— The Independent (@The Independent) 1632734010

I\u2019ve been watching him for about 15+ years and he\u2019s been such a straight standup guy. I found overall his track record is impressive this is ridiculous and it sounds like the new team there is a mess. Go Frank.

— Maria Chavez (@Maria Chavez) 1632629157

Frank Somerville is a 30 year vet at KTVU.\nThis also is a personal issue b/c Frank has an adopted black daughter\u2026https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1442587870846279684\u00a0\u2026

— Kevin D. Gr\u00fcssing (pronounced Grew-Sing) (@Kevin D. Gr\u00fcssing (pronounced Grew-Sing)) 1632775548

While the Gabby Petito case captured national attention, native women are still murdered at 10 times the national average rate. In Wyoming alone, 710 indigenous people were reported missing from 2011-2020. We explored some reasons behind those statistics.https://to.pbs.org/39LpThr

— PBS NewsHour (@PBS NewsHour) 1632790807

At least 710 Indigenous people disappeared in Wyoming from 2011 to 2020, according to a report issued in January. #MMIWhttps://lakota.law/3lVZsLs

— Lakota Law Project (@Lakota Law Project) 1632502850

710 Indigenous People, Mostly Girls, Missing in Wyoming, Where Gabby Petito Disappeared. #MMIW #MMIWGhttps://www.insider.com/710-indigenous-people-missing-in-wyoming-where-gabby-petito-disappeared-2021-9\u00a0\u2026

— Ruth H. Hopkins (Red Road Woman) (@Ruth H. Hopkins (Red Road Woman)) 1632153360

#MMIW \n\u201cI truly believe that if the 710 cases got nearly half the media coverage that Petito did, maybe things would\u2019ve been solved."-NBC\n\nAll-out search for Gabby Petito reveals glaring disparity for Wyoming's Indigenous people - NBC Newshttps://apple.news/ACyrzKWESScCsFqfPMVpSCg\u00a0\u2026

— Retired.RN.in.SD (@Retired.RN.in.SD) 1632584889

You can\u2019t seriously post this without addressing the fact that this is the very issue that your news anchor Frank Somerville suggested you have a nuanced discussion about, resulting in his subsequent suspension? You wouldn\u2019t really do that, would you?

— christine (@christine) 1632631556

That part!

— Future Dr. A.\ud83e\uddec\ud83c\udf40 (@Future Dr. A.\ud83e\uddec\ud83c\udf40) 1632627042

Nice try, but posting this won\u2019t erase what your company did. How about a very public apology to Frank Somerville for taking him off the air? We stand with Frank

— MCoLa707 (@MCoLa707) 1632633605

Well you see this way they get to spin it as if this is just something that "advocates for missing people of color" are questioning while not having to address or acknowledge thier own role in perpetrating it.

— Spoon(\ud83d\udd27\ud83d\udd2a\ud83c\udff4) (@Spoon(\ud83d\udd27\ud83d\udd2a\ud83c\udff4)) 1632692937

And fire the mgmt that thought firing him was acceptable.

— juleebeane (@juleebeane) 1632789789