What does he do? Does he write articles? Does he edit? Does he take a good hard look at some of them and go “you’re going to get shot if you report this, give it to Lane.”? Is he the department’s liaison for whenever Lois brings back a story that falls into their jurisdiction (often) and can’t stand management for their spineless nonsense? Is he aware that the Country Bumpkin two floors up is Superman? Does he give a shit?
Do he and Clark sometimes get into conversations where they end up speaking in Midwestern for their entire lunch break?