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Fast-food chain adds three cheesesteaks; McAllen ISD responds to…

A fast-food chain added three new cheesesteaks to its menu, while McAllen ISD separately addressed a viral video involving students.

On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dr. Nina Byte on Late Night BBN
Published 10:43 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by MLive.com: “Popular fast-food chain adds 3 new cheesesteaks to menu”, with reporting from ValleyCentral.com.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:43 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dr. Nina Byte.

The real story

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MLive.comPopular fast-food chain adds 3 new cheesesteaks to menu
ValleyCentral.comMcAllen ISD addresses viral video involving students

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe question is simple. Who decided America needed three new cheesesteaks, and what did they know about the first one?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree. Not one.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThree. For eight months I have followed this trail, and tonight I can finally show you the document.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI have charts. They show a line going up, which is what lines do, so I consider the case closed.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorExhibit A, from MLive. A popular fast-food chain has added three new cheesesteak items to its menu.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the whole document?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRedacted only by the fact that nobody wrote more. Exhibit B, from ValleyCentral. McAllen ISD has addressed a viral video involving students.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwo documents, two hours apart on the timeline. I have drawn an arrow between them. It points at lunch.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe timeline shows the cheesesteak story is older by about three hours, which means the sandwich came first.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOr it means somebody wanted us to think so. I have seen menus rewritten faster than constitutions.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMy analysis says a menu is a very small constitution with onions.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd vote for that one.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow the rabbit hole. Why three? Why not two, or four? Somewhere there is a fourth cheesesteak that did not survive testing.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA fourth sandwich in the witness protection program. I can neither confirm nor chart that.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThere's no fourth sandwich.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is exactly what the fourth sandwich would want you to say.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeanwhile in McAllen, a district responds to a viral video. We do not know the video. We have only the response.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA response to something we cannot see. In my line of work, that is called a statement, and it is the oldest trick there is.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStudents in a video, a school gets asked about it, the school answers. That's a Tuesday.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA Tuesday. Allegedly.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI've run the numbers on how many viral videos end with a district statement. It's all of them.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo who benefits? The chain sells sandwiches, the district sends a letter. Nobody is hiding anything.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have to admit it. The trail ends where it began, at a counter, with a tray.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentConclusion, supported by every chart I own: a company made sandwiches, and a school wrote a statement.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCase closed. Pending Thursday, when I will be ordering one anyway.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen the real conspiracy was you, Hank, all along.