Why hasn't Lois Lane been fired?

[Iolanthe]

So let's see. Lois breaks and enters (a crime). She's ambushed Lionel Luthor for an interview (Season 7, maybe "Traveler"? forgot which episode). She's disrespectful to Lex and actually pulled a gun on him (Ep in Season 7 where Grant is revealed as the clone of Lex's dead brother Julian). And then in this episode Tess Mercer, the interim CEO of Luthorcorp - which owns the Daily Planet - catches Lois prowling the sanctum sanctorum of the Luthor Mansion!

Lionel, Lex, and Tess have been/are her bosses.

What has Lois done? All we see her do is have an inappropriate sexual relationship with her editor (Grant); misspell words; go off on lame quests and not come back with a story (for example, going off to find Kara's spaceship in Episode 2 of Season 7 and not getting any pictures).

She certainly isn't the caliber of reporter that Chloe was (Chloe got a front-page byline on the Planet a few seasons ago (the episode where the diplomat tried to kidnap girls from the Wingate Strip Club and take them overseas for sex slaves).

What has Lois done to deserve her job?

And how does she keep it when she commits B&E's, doesn't get the stories, and doesn't write up to Planet standards?

Two reasons:

1) The Luthors et al are using her as a link to Chloe, whose reportorial genius they really do respect

2) It's better to have her on the inside of the tent pis*ing out than on the outside of the tent pis*ing in.

[~*Lois & Clark Fan*~]

Maybe for the same reasons Chloe was NEVER fired, yet she did alot of the same things? ;)



She certainly isn't the caliber of reporter that Chloe was (Chloe got a front-page byline on the Planet a few seasons ago (the episode where the diplomat tried to kidnap girls from the Wingate Strip Club and take them overseas for sex slaves).

:rotfl: What caliber reporter is she exactly? Her journalistic "career" consisted of writing about meteor freaks. The bulk of her time at the Planet consisted of baby sitting Clark :rolleyes:

[Vergon6]

Do we really need to go back and forth with the slights between Lois and Chloe? It's getting old.

[yosemiteangel]

She certainly isn't the caliber of reporter that Chloe was (Chloe got a front-page byline on the Planet a few seasons ago (the episode where the diplomat tried to kidnap girls from the Wingate Strip Club and take them overseas for sex slaves).

Watch the episode again. It wasn't front page, it was on page 73, at the bottom. I think she might have gotten a better byline with Graham Garret, but I don't remember if it was front page (or if it was Chloe's story.)

Besides, Grant hired her on the strenth of her work at the Inquisiter, then they started the relationship.

Chloe is a good journlist and so is Lois. It's all good.

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Do we really need to go back and forth with the slights between Lois and Chloe? It's getting old.

Unfortunately, it will never end. :\ :lol:

[Minela]

Uhg. This is ridiculous. Haven't we heard from the show itself several times why Lois Lane is still employed by the Luthors? Point blank, she is too dangerous to be kept out of sight. Go rewatch the episodes. Sheesh.

[Iolanthe]

Originally posted by Lois and Clark Fan:
What caliber reporter is she exactly? Her journalistic "career" consisted of writing about meteor freaks. The bulk of her time at the Planet consisted of baby sitting Clark.

That's one way of looking at it.

My point was that, so far in the show, the writers have shown that Chloe has dedicated herself for years to be at her dream job - a reporter for the Daily Planet. And they've shown her working hard and pursuing stories and getting stuff printed.

They've never shown that for Lois. They've only shown Lois' comical misadventures. And Lois is a college dropout who just hires on at the DP? With no previous experience? How'd Lois get in the door in the first place? Not very believable.

At least Chloe had the Smallville High "Torch" on her resume, plus the "vampire" (Season Five (?) "Thirst") story that convinced the then-editor of the DP (Pauline Kahn) to give Chloe a chance. That got Chloe hired in.

They never showed what Lois did to get hired in.

[Vergon6]

They never showed what Lois did to get hired in.
Yes, they did. It was fight club article from "Combat" that caught Grant's attention before he ever met in her person.

[Chlois Supporter]

Uhg. This is ridiculous. Haven't we heard from the show itself several times why Lois Lane is still employed by the Luthors? Point blank, she is too dangerous to be kept out of sight. Go rewatch the episodes. Sheesh.

Well with Odyssey we kind of got the reason why she hasn't been fired. Lex keeps her own because he thinks that in Tess's own words "if given enough rope she'll hang herself". While Tess thinks differently, and made it quite clear to Lois that if she gets in her way, Lois will be dealt with differently than before. (IE. Killed. Fired. Who knows.)

[Iolanthe]

Originally posted by Vergon6:
Yes, they did. It was fight club article from "Combat" that caught Grant's attention before he ever met in her person.

Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out.

[Kal26]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If you want to have control of what Lois Lane actually gets to print, you need to have her on your payroll. If she worked for another paper, she would get to print a lot more stories that expose Lex. The real question should be, if Lex pulls the plug on all of her good stories, why hasn't Lois quit?

[Vergon6]

Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out.
No problem. The reasons for Lois getting hired have been 'debated' in the speculation form for a year, so it's hard for me to forget something like that ;).

[UpandAtom]

The real question should be, if Lex pulls the plug on all of her good stories, why hasn't Lois quit?

I assume that it is because Lois knows that the Daily Planet is the most credible source for her. If she were to print her stories at the Inquisitor, people would automatically dismiss it because it is just a tabloid. The Daily Planet holds a lot of credibility and it would reach the widest audience, so I'm guessing that when she exposes Lex she wants to expose him big.

[jimmyolsenblues]

i think lois has done a great job so far and is a tough reporter.

[harryandginnyfanatic]

Why hasn't Lois Lane been fired?

The same reason why Lex didn't fire her when he bought the DP in the comics.

She's the kind of person he wants under his thumb.

He wanted Jimmy to spy on her.

[Timester]

It was like Tess said, Lex does believe on (his version of) Truth and Justice. He never had problems with the media, he deals with the things way before it get to the media.

[DontCha]

I'll tell you why she's not fired..because she too much for people...stuns the betches silly

[WickedJenn]

The episode Vergon is referring to is "Blue".

[smallvillefreak24]

I don't think she deserves to get fired but I found it odd why lex didn't fire her cuz he obviously didn't like her... not like chloe where they used to be friends sort of and then he experimented on her

[citizenlen]

I have been waiting for her empty promises of bringing down the Luthors esp after that Marine guy friend was experimented on. And nothing. I hope at the end of this season, we finally have the iconic Lois Lane who have written about Lex killing his father and Chloe writing an expose book on Luthorcorp ala Lexmas episode. this time instead of Lex as her inside source, Lana who probably has a secret vault about the Luthors as her source. This will tie in nicely with the series.

[Meteror Freak]

when was Lionel ever Lois's boss? She worked at the Talon, then for the Kents, then the Inquisitor, and then the DP.

[miks]

She hasn't been fired because she's Lois frickin Lane, didn't you know?:rolleyes:

But all kidding aside, who knows why she wasn't fired. Chloe was unjustly fired for "stealing" something from Lex, but when Lois does all of the things you mentioned it's okay, she's lois lane that's where she's supposed to be! give me a break.

If we're using the whole Chloe didn't do anything story try again, she wrote and PUBLISHED stories, so what if they were about meteor freaks or whatever. It was obviously good enough for the Planet with a REAL editor there. Even when Lois was sleeping with Grant she couldn't get a paper published.

And don't get me started on James Bond Olsen spying on Lois. He sent Jimmy to spy on her? The same Jimmy who is a complete nitwit, yep that makes sense.

It's a double standard with the writing of this show. Chloe was a force to be reckoned with, she had all the dirt and scandals on Lex, she was the one he needed to keep close, but they didn't because she "stole" something. ok, fine.

But Lois' first real source is Chloe, she had no info on Lex, Lex tells us she's "mad dog Lane" (really when?) he sends Jimmy of all people to spy on her, Lois has stolen, broken into the Luthor mansion, and pulled a gun on Lex, she's not fired. That makes a lot of sense tptb!:confused:

[curiosity]

Because newspapers, and all businesses want success and Lois gives them that. They don't care how she does it.

[miks]

when has she given them success? Can you point to where she's sold papers? Let alone written a story that was good enough to be published?

[luvinChlark]

Because newspapers, and all businesses want success and Lois gives them that. They don't care how she does it.

Ha! I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be in the basement if she did any of that.

To answer this thread: Because she is LOIS LANE! Duh! She can't be fired! She's iconic! :rolleyes:

[Kal26]

I assume that it is because Lois knows that the Daily Planet is the most credible source for her. If she were to print her stories at the Inquisitor, people would automatically dismiss it because it is just a tabloid. The Daily Planet holds a lot of credibility and it would reach the widest audience, so I'm guessing that when she exposes Lex she wants to expose him big.

Well, she can't expose him at all if he owns the paper, but another reason could be that she wants to keep as close an eye on him as possible. What better way to do that, than work for him?

[tariksam]

Ha! I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be in the basement if she did any of that.

To answer this thread: Because she is LOIS LANE! Duh! She can't be fired! She's iconic! :rolleyes:

Neither did Chloe she was 3 years and she never made it out of the basement and don't come with the Luthor crap cause Chloe was 2 years under a free DP, Unlike Lois that IS working yet her boss is still Luthorcorp.

Lois has an excuse at least. She won't be fired but she won't be let to come higher.

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ETA; Actually I agree with the "keep the enemy closer" theory, Lex nor Tess will let Lois out of the sight. So although I don't doubt for a second in Lois capacity to write and report I think its more of Keeping and eye on her.

[AndiGirl]

I think Lex new she was valuable....so he always gave her chances. Tess warned Lois, that she admired her...but dont mistake her for lex, she wont hesitate to get rid of her.

So I dont think Lois is untouchable....she has been warned on numerous occassions. I think she must just be a good writer....?

[cloisthelegendbegins]

I'll go right along with the keep your friends close and your enemies closer adage. As far as Lex was concerned she was a loose cannon. Why would Tess be any different coming in initially. And ED has already said in interviews that there will be times this season when Lois is close to being fired. So we will see.

[luvinChlark]

Neither did Chloe she was 3 years and she never made it out of the basement and don't come with the Luthor crap cause Chloe was 2 years under a free DP, Unlike Lois that IS working yet her boss is still Luthorcorp.


I actually never said that Chloe should have made it out of the basement, I was commenting on what curiosity had said about Lois giving the DP success... if she was that big of a success then I think she wouldn't be in the basement.

[Minela]

Lois asks to many people to many questions. If I was Lex, I'd be keeping her under my thumb, too. The only way to control her is to thwart her stories. With Chloe? He didn't care because she was old news and if she didn't publish anything on him all this time where she has all that incriminating info... than why would she now?

[Sv.LoisLane]

This thread makes my head ache. It's interesting how people don't ask how come there is an alien with powers(but I can forgive that, because hey...he's Clark Kent/Superman)/how come Lana at 17 was able to run the Talon when Martha herself found it difficult/how Chloe managed to go to classes when she was always at the Torch..and other non-sense stuff..and yet, Lois not getting fired is a problem. This is a show, not real life.

That been said, Lois didn't sleep her way to the DP but someone has already pointed that. Lois writes stories, maybe we don't get to see them but they are there somewhere.
Both Chloe and Lois pissed the Luthors enough to get them fired (I could add Lana too). Chloe got fired because she pissed Lex more! Yes, she did. She didn't stole just a "thing" from him. She had the freakin key to control the traveler. (And don't use this to say that by doing that she protected Clark because we all know how season 7 ended).

[liana]

And there goes another thread that has the sole purposed of bashing Lois, and proving how Chloe is so much worthy... *sigh* Don't we have enough of those, I don't know, all over the site?

Lois has not been fired, because Lex wanted to keep her close. Grant even told Lois, in Gemini, that Lex explicited asked her to NOT be fired. Lex wanted Grant far away from Lois, because, according to his own words, she has an enormous curiosity, and he feared that she would find the truth about him. In another words, Lex admitted to Grant that he respected Lois as an adversary. That is the show canon.

I believed, personally, that Lex respected Chloe as well. What really drove him to finally fire her, was that he was obviously deeply disturbed at that exact moment. He had just murdered his father, to get hold of the key. When he found out that key was missing, he was completely out of his mind, and that is when he went to confront Chloe. I guess that, when he find out that she was keeping the key from him, he lost it. Firing her was pretty much the work of a moment than anything else. If Lois was the one hiding that key, I bet she would have been fired too. But Lois wouldn't ever been on this position, because she doesn't know Clark's secret. In another words, being close to Clark and knowing his secret, was what put Chloe in that position.

Bottom line, both girls remained at the Daily Planet after Lex bought it because he respected both, and he wanted to control both of them. Both girls are good as journalists, and they just have different ways of achieving things. I would love to see them working together as a team in the DP for a while, because I think they would have completed each other nicely, but unfortunatelly, we never got to see it, and now we never will. :(

[baltazor]

Lex kept her at the DP because he had his friends close and his enemies closer(and his BFF practically attached:D:D)