The correct answer is; "What proof the tripster is able to provide".
That´s because as a reporter, he must make sure about the authenticity of the accusation as he cannot post apocryphal news.
The correct answer should be Edith Wharton.
Ellen Glasgow, Ella Cather, and Mary J. Holmes dealt with other topics such as world war 1, slavery, civil war, life in the south, and other things while Edith Wharton wrote about social lives.
Answer:
I think the answer is to persuade.
might be to inform as well.
Explanation:
I think it is to persuade because the author asks the question "why should a car be any different?" as to let the readers imagination run with it.
I also think it may be to inform because the author says "driving while talking on the phone is dangerous" so the author could be saying I don't think its a good idea to have a phone in the car and this is why.
I could be wrong but that is what I think