Because Clark's a new hire and Lois has been there longer.
Irrelevant (it's not like she was prepping Clark for a job interview). See above.
Here's the thing. The dialogue from "Plastique" made it pretty clear that Lois had published articles before.
The notion that she'd published articles in "Offscreenville" isn't something new. Plenty of us have been saying that the audience should have been expected to assume this. This was confirmed by "Plastique". Now, one can argue that TPTB should have done a better job of making this clear, but, the idea that Lois hadn't gotten anything published wasn't held by all or even (by my anecdotal observation) most viewers.
If they were aware that a percentage of viewers had made the (apparently) faulty assumption that Lois had not previously published anything at the DP then it's clear that they made a point of correcting this in last night's episode.
Because she worked so hard to get there?
Because she had an article published before this lightswitch one that she didn't work for?
The notion that she'd published articles in "Offscreenville" isn't something new. Plenty of us have been saying that the audience should have been expected to assume this. This was confirmed by "Plastique". Now, one can argue that TPTB should have done a better job of making this clear, but, the idea that Lois hadn't gotten anything published wasn't held by all or even (by my anecdotal observation) most viewers.
If they were aware that a percentage of viewers had made the (apparently) faulty assumption that Lois had not previously published anything at the DP then it's clear that they made a point of correcting this in last night's episode.
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