I can understand and even agree with that.
I guess I don't think she really would have done it here either. My impression of Lois is she is softer than even she thinks she is back in season 1. So I see her as thinking she'd write a story like this, but not being able to go through with it in the end. So, in this story even if Clark hadn't made that comment about his parents, she would have backed out. She just doesn't realize she would have.
