[KansasGirl]

She didn’t say she attended it, she said it was why she was late, which it very well could have been.

[giotto]

She didn’t say she was there, but she implied it. She deliberately and knowingly misled her audience. That’s deceit, in my book.

[Brookhaven]

She didn’t say she attended it, she said it was why she was late, which it very well could have been.

You're right, it all depends on what your definiton of is is.

[Oztrich Boy]

She probably didn’t go because she had a headache.

[Spunky]

"She didn’t say she attended it, she said it was why she was late, which it very well could have been."

That is exactly what I was thinking when reading the article. She probably was getting the family ready and her share of the food for the gathering.