SFO Reporter Speaks Out About Racist Attack

Earlier this week, FTVLive told you about the asinine comments conservative commentator Steven Crowder made about KPIX Reporter Betty Yu.

On his podcast, Crowder ran a clip from a KPIX (San Francisco) newscast as Reporter Betty Yu was talking about the mask controversy at In and Out restaurants.

As soon as he started the clip, he shouts over the video, “Oh! that is an aggressively Asian face” talking about Yu.

Now, after a lot of support from her station, owner CBS, and Journalists, and people around the country, Yu has decided to address the comments.

In an interview on her own station, Yu said she decided to speak out, “That option was certainly there and I did think about this but all of this made me think about those who don’t have the support of a corporation, colleagues and other people in the industry. It made me think about people who don’t have this sort of outlet to not just air their grievances but to really take racists to task.”

“I thought it was really important to not be passive given the last 18 months or so you and I and the station have spent covering these attacks on Asians, particularly here in the Bay Area,” Yu added.

You can watch the full interview below: