Let's break this down....
Tom is a somewhat shallow but talented man who is actively self-aware and engaged in his chosen profession. His journalistic instincts are sound and compassionate and his take on the future of news is profoundly prescient. He is not intimidated or frightened by a woman who is his intellectual superior; on the contrary, he finds her exciting and treats her with admiration and respect. He freely shares any expertise he possesses with people who ridicule and…
