"If they feel they can do better by selling their story to the news shows, they can forgo the bird in the hand and say whatever they want"
Agreed. Money is the root of all evil. What happen to being a good citizen. That was a quick $50,000 for the guy, probably more than he made in one year. That 15 minute of fames and greed seems to go to everybody's head. They go on endless talk shows re-telling the story.
Had they reported incident to police or Wendy's company maybe company would not have suffered as much and he could have gone on every talk show.
I don't think this one tipster understands the nature of a confidentiality agreement. But that's not surprising, because I'm sure that Mrs. Finger and her accomplice didn't hang out with Eagle Scouts or Rhodes Scholars.
Don't mean to be a nit picker here but the quote you are looking for is "The love of money is the root of all evil. Money is amoral.