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"Their signature jumping style has gotten a lot of grins on YouTube," CBS' Dean Reynolds reminded us. He was referring to the Asian carp, the native of China that infests the Mississippi River system, wiping out native species. The network news is not immune to those signature jumps. NBC's Kevin Tibbles last indulged three years ago. CBS' Reynolds tried to infuse his fish story with seriousness, warning that the carp may bypass the Army Corps of Engineers' underwater electric fence in the shipping canal that connects the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. If the carp infiltrates Lake Michigan, its $7bn perch-and-salmon fishery will be at risk. The Corps' solution is to pour poison into the canal. If electricity will not stop the jumping carp, toxins might.
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