The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from SFGATE. On Monday, September 20, liberal MSNBC host Joy Reid addressed media coverage of the Gabby Petito missing person case stressing that while Petito, a 22-year-old white female, should certainly. Somerville’s next hearing will take place May 6. “When I saw Will Smith stand up for his wife, it reminded me of what I didn’t do 30 years ago,” he says in the video. His last video was published March 31, voicing his perspective on the Will Smith slap at the Oscars and recounting an incident in which his wife’s boss repeatedly harassed her. Since his departure from KTVU, he has steadily posted videos on Instagram featuring an assortment of commentary. The request was denied by KTVU news director Amber Eikel, who called the tagline inappropriate, a source told SFGATE in September, leading to criticism from the Oakland chapter of the NAACP.

He was reportedly told by his boss Amber Eikel. Somerville has a Black daughter and wanted to add a note at the end of any news story on Petito about the rates of domestic violence for Black women in America. Bay Area anchor Frank Somerville is facing indefinite suspension from KTVU after a disagreement with the network's news director over their coverage of the Gabby Petito homicide case. According to the Mercury News, Mr Somerville wanted to bring attention to the vast amount of coverage Ms Petito’s disappearance and death has gained. He returned in August, but a month after, was suspended permanently following turmoil over the coverage of Gabby Petito, the missing van-lifer who was killed by her fiance Brian Laundrie in September.

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