A disgruntled former “Good Morning America Weekend” anchor is now shrieking hysterically about alleged — and, in fact, totally fake — “white supremacy.”
Former anchor Janai Norman is specifically mad at ABC News for its unbiased, objective coverage of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells’ death.
Wells was an 18-year-old black college freshman and football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College who went missing during a July Fourth boat trip to Horn Island with his friends.
After they visited Horn Island, the three high school friends, all of them white, returned to the mainland without him. He remained on the island, reportedly to meet someone. Wells was last seen alive at 3:00 p.m. on July 4.
Following a major search, Wells’ body was found on July 6 in the water near the shoreline on the west/northwest end of the island.
Authorities in Mississippi have found a body believed to be missing teen Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, who was last seen on Horn Island on July 4.
ABC News’ Alex Perez has the latest. pic.twitter.com/GgyYQHmhSf
— ABC News (@ABC) July 6, 2026
Though all evidence points to Wells having drowned while drunk, black supremacists and their leftist allies are convinced that the friends murdered him. Norman appears to be among those who’ve fallen for this narrative.
In videos posted to YouTube last month, she slammed “Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan for asking Wells’ parents during an interview why their son had voluntarily remained on Horn Island.
According to The Daily Beast, Norman said that he should have asked the parents whether they even believed the official, evidence-backed narrative.
“The question should have been, ‘Do you believe that?'” she said. “Not asking these grieving parents to defend a decision that we don’t even know for certain their deceased son made.”
“That was not an objective question. Subjectively, I would say that it was insensitive. Many news organizations haven’t yet learned that they cannot always trust law enforcement as primary sources of credible information, and that is what plays into racial divisions,” she added.
As supposed proof, she pointed to the “historical context of Mississippi—the state with the most recorded lynchings in history” and argued that news outlets like ABC News had failed to take this into consideration.
“By ignoring that context, news organizations become complicit in upholding white supremacy and, whether intentionally or unintentionally, end up playing into racial divisions,” she maintained.
Below is one of several videos she published to YouTube:
She also complained about an ABC News digital story headline that was centered around the fact that Wells had been drunk on the day of his death.
“Why is this even a headline?” she asked with outrage.
ABC News, to its credit, is standing behind Strahan.
“Michael is an invaluable and highly respected member of the ABC News family,” a spokesperson told The Wrap. “He is a trusted anchor and journalist, and we have complete confidence in his editorial judgment, integrity, and professionalism.”
In another video, Norman slammed the ABC News show “World News Tonight with David Muir” for its coverage of a judge’s ruling ordering Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay $567 million in fines.
According to Norman, Muir should have included in his reporting some of the judge’s harsher/stronger language about Meta.
“By not using it, it almost protects Meta,” she alleged. “It softens how the story lands.”
Her trash-talking isn’t surprising, according to a Status report revealing that she was “not well-liked by ABC News” and that there’d been lots of friction between her and them.
Plus, she wasn’t happy with the way she was abruptly let go after roughly 15 years with the network.
“I’d hoped that we’d have more time, and it’s been hard on me that our time was cut short,” she said in one video. “I have loved my job. It has been a joy to connect with my co-workers and with viewers, to help keep you informed and entertained, and to create this community. So it really breaks my heart that I don’t get to say goodbye. I’m so sorry that I don’t get to say goodbye.”
Following her departure, she and the network got into a “contentious back-and-forth” over her upcoming book.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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