Daily Show sets hook on Simplot connection with two-headed fish in Idaho

FISHERIES — Maybe there’s no connection with the two-headed trout being found in Idaho streams and the six selenium mines operated by the J.R.Simplot Co .

I mean, who would believe anything in the New York Times .

Maybe there’s no involvement with the giant agribusiness and the silence on the research by Idaho politicians who’ve married into the Simplot family.

But this special video report by Jon Stewart’s reporter Aasif Mandvi on The Daily Show last night sure makes an angler think about the possibilities, and have a good laugh about how things operate.

Mutated fish: another good reason for catch-and-release.

Meanwhile, here’s another interesting angle on the story , giving Simplot some credit,  by Idaho Statesman columnist Rocky Barker.