It was labeled "NYT/AP" so I'm not sure who actually did the story (probably a stringer), but they basically came up empty. None of the VC interviewed could recall being in the Bay Hap incident. But they thought John Kerry "deserved his medals".
Here's the thing: no official news organization goes into Vietnam without the express permission of Hanoi (with whom all news organizations must register) or without the consent of the local CP People's Committee. They would have escorts, official interpreters, etc. They will interview approved people who will say approved things about the war. The "veteran with the camera" was probably not a newshound but just some vet and would not be subject to these rules. ABC is.
Second point: rather than interview VC under Vietnamese government scrutiny (which they would have been with ABC), why not interview one ... or two or five .. of the 1.2 million Vietnamese-American refugees now in America.
Why just the other night I sat with 2 ex-ARVN officers who'd each served 13 years in reeducation camp, and the daughter of a Vietnamese professor who's doing his second 15-year sentence for advocating democracy and free speech.
Can't Nightline see the relevance of interviewing *one* V-A refugee on the topic of John Kerry and his behavior?
Your post 34 was right on the mark.