Here is a very good analysis of why this whole story is so LAME, from a guy who just watched it on TV, posted on hotair.com:
Just re-watched the Palin appearance on Leno’s show. Either D-bag Stinson is a liar, or Jay and Sarah are incredibly talented.During the interview, it is clear that each of them pause for the applause to die down before continuing to speak. At one point, they each raise their voices to talk above the applause. If that was canned applause, then they are amazing in their ability to pause at the just the right moment knowing that the sound would be edited in later.
Same thing during Palin’s monologue. She must be a pro to know to pause long enough after each joke to allow space for the canned applause to be inserted. She is also a trooper. She kept smiling and plowing ahead as if the audience really liked her jokes instead showing that she was bombing like D-bag Stinson claims.
All in all, there may have been some laughter added over the top of her jokes, but only to enhance the audience’s reaction not fill it in completely. I am sure this is not the first time this has happened on a talk show.
Conclusion: D-bag Stinson is a liar.
Mallard T. Drake on March 5, 2010 at 10:10 PM
NBC says that neither the audio nor the laughter was enhanced for Sarah Palin’s Leno appearance.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2010/03/palin-parody-writer-nbc-added.html
Notice the WaPo spends most of the article repeating the accusation that was proven false by NBC.
Thanks RonDog. The guy makes a good point.