On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, but this Stinson guy doesn’t sound particularly credible.
I'm not buying this guy's story either. First, he doesn't hide his agenda, which is to sell a self published book and he is willing to be obnoxious about getting attention for it. Or maybe just drawing attention to himself. If Palin had really bombed, the Gawkers of the world would have picked it up the day of taping. There's enough scrutiny on Leno from the recent unpleasantness and on Palin naturally that something as anomalous as a talk show appearance where the entire audience was hostile would have been noted. Having been to several Letterman show tapings, it's obvious that audience reaction you hear in your one spot in the theater might not be what the mikes pick up. Before reading the WaPo piece I thought one could make a case about the ethics of changing the sound mix and raising the volume of light laughter, in post-production, to make it sound stronger. I don't think it's an ethical problem. But that isn't what Stinson is charging - he's saying that dead spots of audience were replaced by canned laughter. Tom -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
