As I said in one of my previous post Smallville is about young Superman and Superman is about morals. This caused that Lois Lane was role model for several generations of young girls and women. It didn't matter whether it was Lois Lane from comic books, cartoons, movies or Teri Hatcher's Lois Lane. She was always strong woman who loved her career and was very successful in her work. She's top reporter for one of the biggest newspapers. The key to her success was her hard work which made her perfect for being role model for kids. The name Lois Lane became synonym for these qualities. 

See that's where the problem lies. 

The name belongs to EDLois now.  

What kind of role model is she? 

She is about 24 years old and she was never hardworking. Her whole success is based on sheer luck and rack. She didn't end high school, she was kicked out of uni, then she was lucky enough and they took her back but she left again. 
What's worse she acts as it's good thing. Not once she express remorse that she is uneducated in job where one of the most important requirements is higher educations. 
From sheer luck she came to DP in the same time as Grant which got her job. She flirted with him and then even slept with him. He called her his top reporter even though she must brought in work less than mediocre because Grant refused to publish it even though he had very low standards. Her relationship with her boss got her rocket start and she's being send out on assigements during her first week in work. 

Please, don't tell me that the writers wants this to be role model for young people. 

Next season we will have another clueless reporter at DP. Another one without proper education for this job. We have two fictional character who are huge role models for young people but they are undereducated for the job they do and they don't mind it. The jobs they didn't even want at first. 

Now, on the other hand we had a hardworking person who is taking evening classes to have sufficient education for the work she wanted to do since she was child. She worked hard for it. She started on elementary school and was editor on high school, she got into DP after her first year at high school for summer. 

But you know, she got kicked out. Now we have to clueless idiots at DP and the one person who actually knew what she was doing is kicked out of her job. Can you see the irony? 

What does it tell to kids who watch Smallville? 

All you need to do is sleeping with your boss? You don't need education? Work hard and then watch as all your dreams are falling apart?

I wonder how well would these kids do in the real world if they took Smallville seriously. I feel sorry for them. I'm happy I grow up with TH as my Lois Lane.