ABC Hypes ‘Historic’ Deal With Iranians Who ‘Really Want This’

ABC Hypes 'Historic' Deal With Iranians Who 'Really Want This' (NewsBusters)

All three networks on Thursday covered Barack Obama's White House speech on a possible deal with Iran. ABC journalist Martha Raddatz echoed talking points and declared a deal to be "historic." The senior foreign affairs correspondent recounted her time in Iran, reminiscing, "I was walking in crowds where they were saying 'death to America.'" 

She added, "But most of the people he would come up to see and say, 'It's not the American people we hate or their ways. It's just their policies." Offering a mixed message, Raddatz concluded, "So, this is, indeed, a historic day, but we'll have to see if it's fully implemented." (The deal is historic before people know if it works?)