KTVU controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
KTVU apologizes for phrase about Atlanta Braves
Company response
In 2019, KTVU-TV, a Fox affiliate serving the San Francisco Bay Area, apologized for a phrase used in a sports report about the Atlanta Braves. The station described the phrase as "racially insensitive." The apology followed the broadcast of the report. No further details about the phrase or its context were provided in the source.
San Francisco Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU-TV apologized for a phrase used in a sports report about the Atlanta Braves, describing it as “racially insensitive.”
Company response
Apology — KTVU-TV
San Francisco Bay area Fox affiliate KTVU-TV has apologized for what it calls a “racially insensitive” phrase used during its sports report on Wednesday about the Atlanta Braves.
Source excerpt
San Francisco Bay area Fox affiliate KTVU-TV has apologized for what it calls a “racially insensitive” phrase used during its sports report on Wednesday about the Atlanta Braves.
2019
KTVU apologizes for racially insensitive headline
Company response
KTVU apologized for a headline about the Atlanta Braves that it said included a phrase racially insensitive toward Native Americans.
Company response
Apology — KTVU
The station apologized for being “racially insensitive.”
Source excerpt
The station apologized for being “racially insensitive.”
Wednesday evening, in our 6 p.m. newscast, we had a story about the Atlanta Braves that included a phrase that was racially insensitive toward Native Americans.
In a statement on Twitter and broadcast Oct. 10, the station said,