I think they just consider the materialism to be a distraction from the actual story - but the omission bugs me. There's no way as a simple struggling reporter that Jimmy was covering her (well financially anyway... I don't need to know about the bedroom thank you). Of course, Lois did live with Chloe for a bit - but it's a bit of a sucky thing to do, just live off your house mate because you don't want to/can't get another job. Of course, if she were hacking computers to earn a living, that would make sense, and spoil her in Clark's eyes. More fuel for the drift between them later on?
Lois I can actually understand, you'd be surprised how easy it is to work for some of the rags, she starts off at the Enquirer, which is supposedly notorious for it's sensationalism, and outlandishness, and lack of journalistic integrity - they saw Lois as a chance for more alien/weird things stuff, which is what she took to them to start with. From there, she just had to worm her way into the Daily Planet as an existing reporter. Gets you round the university/college issue (trust me I know, I don't have a degree, and do a job that most others I know that do it have a degree - work experience, and title on CV can be worth as much).
As to Clark, this also makes sense, and they've covered it pretty well (after Clark's character was spoilt by pulling him out of SU), Lois gives him the application, and she expects he'll start down in the reporters pool, where they spend most of their days hoping for a story, and a byline, while mostly photocopying, and researching for the big dogs (regular by-liners, features, and opinion writers). The reason Clark's rocketed upwards is Lex. They may not have been getting on at the end of their relationship, but Lex could have easily left instructions for him to be taken care of - if you want it from a slash point of view. More realistically (and still kind of slashy), Tess would have known about Lex's interest in Clark (though not fully understood it), and when his application came in, she decided to put him where he is. Knowing that this would either gain her brownie points with her mentor when he returns, or keep Clark in a position for Lex to deal with him. It means she has pretense to be in contact with Clark, while she suspects him of having something to do with, or knowledge of Lex's disappearance. What Clark does with this opportunity though, is he becomes a real reporter through it, and like Lois, once it's there, it's there - qualifications regardless.
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Lois I can actually understand, you'd be surprised how easy it is to work for some of the rags, she starts off at the Enquirer, which is supposedly notorious for it's sensationalism, and outlandishness, and lack of journalistic integrity - they saw Lois as a chance for more alien/weird things stuff, which is what she took to them to start with. From there, she just had to worm her way into the Daily Planet as an existing reporter. Gets you round the university/college issue (trust me I know, I don't have a degree, and do a job that most others I know that do it have a degree - work experience, and title on CV can be worth as much).
As to Clark, this also makes sense, and they've covered it pretty well (after Clark's character was spoilt by pulling him out of SU), Lois gives him the application, and she expects he'll start down in the reporters pool, where they spend most of their days hoping for a story, and a byline, while mostly photocopying, and researching for the big dogs (regular by-liners, features, and opinion writers). The reason Clark's rocketed upwards is Lex. They may not have been getting on at the end of their relationship, but Lex could have easily left instructions for him to be taken care of - if you want it from a slash point of view. More realistically (and still kind of slashy), Tess would have known about Lex's interest in Clark (though not fully understood it), and when his application came in, she decided to put him where he is. Knowing that this would either gain her brownie points with her mentor when he returns, or keep Clark in a position for Lex to deal with him. It means she has pretense to be in contact with Clark, while she suspects him of having something to do with, or knowledge of Lex's disappearance. What Clark does with this opportunity though, is he becomes a real reporter through it, and like Lois, once it's there, it's there - qualifications regardless.