Lois has come out of this better than Clark. Her reputation before was being a good reporter, a pulitzer type, now she's known as someone who will report the truth no matter who it hurts or how it affects society. In many ways that is being a good reporter. But as we saw that isn't what happened. There was no calm debate with herself or agonizing over whether it was right or wrong to do, Lois panicked. Then she wrote the story after it was already out and she wrote it in such a way that it made Clark look bad. So professionally she's come out of this in pretty good shape, almost great shape. Death threats come with the territory for any reporter, Mathews and Oriely have gotten them. It only adds to her stature. So aside from the government grabbing her (which should give her another great story to write) Lois has lost nothing in all of this. Clark has lost a big chunk of his life and he'll never get that back. Any apartment he rents, any home he buys from now on will be targeted by government and criminal forces alike, any friends he had or will have will also be targeted by government (as we saw in this issue, they'll never leave these people completely alone) and criminal forces. Lois has basically put a target on his chest in stead of big S. She was completely ruthless and she'll make out like a bandit once the dust settles a bit. It might cost her a friend or two but the Lois they are writing here doesn't really need friends.
Wait...
You don't mean Bill O'Reilly, do you?
Because if you do, that comparison makes Lois LESS of a legitimate reporter in my eyes now.
Chris Mathews, Bill O'Reilly... most of the after 8 crowd on the cable news channels. They are all more opinion than news and they've all gotten their share of death threats. I'd put Lois in with those types after this. After all she could have called for help instead of outing him.
Yeah, Bill O'Reilly isn't news. Don't say that he is, ever. He's just too much of a dumbass. Doesn't even deserve to have his "opinion" running a show.
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