A footnote (fingernote?) on the Wendy's case

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Even though it was starting to become obvious that this whole thing about the fingertip in the Wendy’s chili was a hoax, it was lotsa fun to read that the alleged victim, one Anna Alaya, was arrested for making the story up late last week, on the very same day that Wendy’s had a lengthy, sympathetic portrayal of how it was handling the crisis in The New York Times. Now we’re hoping that Wendy’s next step is to sue the bejesus out of Ms.

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