Basically, Koppel asked O'Neill why he would not admit that a bunch of Vietnamese villagers could be right, saying there was a battle that day. The villagers could easily have been coerced to tell the story by the producers. They are literally peasants(cash). O'Neill referred to Kerry's own account of the incident disputing what Koppel's producers found. This of course was well in the works before the CBS incident came to light. Koppel ignored O'Neill's legit explanation and told Ted " You've been had"
Heres a reason for the " villagers" to lie Ted :
MONEY
ATTENTION
STATUS
Wow Ted, there are 3 things and I'm just getting into my pajammas. Follow the money Ted. Simple.
It's really bad when the lies ABC-Koppel produce are worse than the lies kerry produced.