He was not suspended for saying the media disproportionately cover missing
or murdered white women and girls (which in many places is a truism), but
for arguing with his bosses that he should say it at the end of a story on
the latest murdered white woman. As you say he is not wrong, but he does
have a recent history of being a bit unstable, and as of now it is not
known what he said or how he said it in his conversations with his bosses.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 at 8:48 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:

> Essentially the anchor feels the coverage  surrounding the white woman’s
> murder is disproportionate to murders/disappearances of women of color. And
> he’s not wrong.
>
>
> https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/24/ktvu-again-removes-frank-somerville-from-the-air
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> https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/frank-somerville-ktvu-suspended-petito
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