A lot of opinions from a number of credible people but nothing that can actually be called factually credible about the videos accuracy. The $100,000 paid to the former ACORN employee had nothing to do with the accuracy of the video. O'Keefe and his team had no knowledge that the employee immediately called police until much later. The California AG conducted the investigation that resulted in O'Keefe paying the former ACORN employee. The AG's office granted O'Keefe and Giles immunity in exchange for the unedited tapes they had made about ACORN. While the AG stated that O'Keefe had heavily edited the videos, the report also noted, about ACORN, "a serious and glaring deficit in management, governance and accountability within the ACORN organization" and said it's conduct "suggests an organizational ethos at odds with the norms of American Society. Empowering and serving low and moderate income families cannot be squared with counseling and encouraging illegal activities."