Excusive: The Frank Somerville/KTVU Inconvenient Truth Not Covered on KRON Interview; Inappropriate Intern Relationship; Frank's Drinking Problem; Staff Anger at Fox2 Over Repeated Chances; Mark Ibanez and Julie Haener Betrayal

Frank Somerville will be lobbed a bunch of softballs, (mostly) tonight, Tuesday, by Pam Moore. KRON will use Frank and Frank will use KRON. It's a temporary win for both parties.

Moore should have delved into, (more) of Frank's intense drinking problem. She, according to a KRON source who saw the interview, did not. Moore did ask Somerville about his drinking--a simple question that ended up with no follow-up, I'm told.

*Another huge, side disturbing element that is not addressed in tonight's KRON interview: Somerville's relationship with a KTVU intern--an affair that was basically HUSHED UP by Fox/KTVU management; the intern, a young woman of Iranian descent, was paid several thousand dollars and left KTVU. Her silence seems to have been a negotiated tactic. It apparently worked.

Somerville was rumored to have had a number of inappropriate encounters at KTVU. A facet of his time there that isn't addressed in Tuesday night's interview.

More aspects of Frank's troubling character:

His excess unfortunate behavior that ANGERED people--his fellow workers at KTVU who were riled up because Somerville was REPEATEDLY allowed several chances to get his act together and he FAILED on every occasion.

Even before his infamous, on-air, drunken persona and DUI arrest in Oakland, the people at KTVU had and still have a deep-seated DISTRUST of Frank. Now, after all the dreaded drama of 2021 is being aired out, by KRON, that major WOUND is permanent and set in stone.

*A major ally of Frank at KTVU was Mark Ibanez, the veteran sports anchor, who retired last year. But the relationship soured in recent years and when Frank's DUI was pubbed, Ibanez was done speaking with him. They both confided in each other and would have several, private talks/discussions.

Ibanez hasn't spoken to Frank for over a year.

*ANOTHER ALLY, she was loyal to him to the very end but cut out talking to him altogether: Julie Haener.

Haener got a lot of internal grief from KTVU staff over her kinship, despite all his personal turbulence. A good many folks were angered that Haener was loyal even though Frank's behavior DESTROYED pretty much, KTVU's storied image.

No more.