Author's Purpose post #7 The Saga Continues...

Article Used: Ditched Tot May Return To Her Mom

Summary: On Friday I posted a blog about a baby that was left in the back of a cab by a man. Well guess what! It was all a LIE! The Cab driver that took the baby to the fire house made up the whole story about the baby being left by some man that he didn't know. He knew who the baby belonged to when we pulled up to the fire house. Klever Sailema is the 45 year old cab driver that turned the baby in. He looked like a hero last Friday but now he has been arrested for filing a false police report and criminal facilitation. He was also suspended from his job by the taxi and limousine commission. So the Real story is this.....The baby whose name is Daniella Perez, was first abandoned by her 14 year old mother. The mother left the child in the care of her 27 year old father as she ran away from the situation. The 27 year old father was informed that he couldn't keep the baby because the mother of the child was underage. Then the 27 year old father abandoned the child leaving her in the care of the cab driver's girlfriend. That is when the cab driver and his girlfriend (which was the baby's aunt) came up with the plan of taking the child to the fire house with the lie that they made up! Now the father is a fugitive and both the cab driver and his girl friend have been charged in this case.

Opinion: Well I NEVER!!!! So the mother of the little beautiful baby is only 14. I think that of course that is too young to be a parent. At 14 you are still a child yourself! It it not time to be a parent yet at 14. And the father of the child is 27 years old. Why was he dating a 14 year old in the first place. I hate that kids get bought into this world under the craziest conditions. When this child grows up and she hears about what happened to her by her parents how is she going to feel? Parents are supposed to do what is best for the welfare of their children....this is such a crazy situation. When I read the story on Friday I thought that this cab driver was a hero myself. The fact that he lied about the situation is not good, but once again I say I am happy that he cared enough to try and get the little girl the help that she needed.

Prompt: What was the author's purpose for writing this online media source?

I think that the author of this article wrote it to inform us of what was going on in the world around us! I know that the author wasn't trying to entertain me because this was not a funny story. I don't think the author was trying to persuade me either because I saw no opinions or words that would lead me to be persuaded about anything. I also think that the author wrote this to set the record straight. People read the newspaper to get the facts and the truth about what is going on in the world. On Friday this story was told one way and basically we all got the wrong information. So the author wanted to tell the real story so we could continue to trust that the news tells us the truth about situations that take place in the world!