Over the past year or so, we've been witnessing the buzzfeedification of our local news media.
Gone are the days when news directors, producers and reporters only cared about TV ratings and haircuts. Now they're in a constant search for the next bizarre news story with a clickable headline that will be shared on 20,000 Facebook pages, make the front page of Reddit or Yahoo, and possibly even CNN. Basically, they're all trying to hit viral paydirt.
That's obviously what News 9 was trying to accomplish when they went with this unusual and ultimately disappointing story about the world's most fucked up tortilla.
The mystery inside a tortilla bag bought at an Oklahoma City Walmart is sparking a food company investigation of sorts.
News9.com producer Matthew Nuttle decided against making a quesadilla lunch Monday after finding what appears to be the body of a lizard in one of his tortillas. The mystery passed quality control all the way from Georgia-based Ole Mexican Foods to a store shelf in Oklahoma City.
"As soon as I saw it, I thought it was mold," said Nuttle. "Then I could tell it was raised up, and it looked like it had scales on it."
Nuttle is still asking, "what is it!?" News 9 cut into the object -- but questions still linger. A picture of the tortilla was sent to Ole Mexican Foods.
First off all, let's take a look at this... thing: