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PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? Former secretary of  state Hillary Clinton  speaks to and meets voters in Allendale  Mich.  on Nov. 7  2016. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
How do you write a primal scream? Because my head is about to explode over the story about alleged sexual harassment on  Hillary Clintonâs  2008 presidential campaign and  her  appallingly mild response  then and now.
To recap  while we were still reeling from the report that President Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III last summer  the New York Times posted this: âHillary Clinton Chose to Shield a Top Adviser Accused of Harassment in 2008.â
According to the Timesâ Maggie Haberman and Amy Chozick  Burns Strider   Clintonâs  faith adviser â yes  faith adviser  you canât make this stuff up â was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young woman with whom he shared a campaign office. The Times: â She  told a campaign official that Mr. Strider had rubbed  her  shoulders inappropriately  kissed  her  on the forehead and sent  her  a string of suggestive emails.â
The campaignâs response? Campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle recommended that Strider be fired. So did Jess OâConnell  the national director of operations  who handled the investigation. And  Clinton  herself? Not so much  apparently. The young woman  not identified in the story  was moved to a different job. Strider â then married  by the way â was âdocked several weeks of pay and ordered to undergo counseling.â Which  predictably  he never attended.
And  even more predictably  when he was hired years later to oversee an independent group backing  Clintonâs  second presidential campaign  âHe was fired after several months for workplace issues  including allegations that he harassed a young female aide  according to three people close to Correct the Recordâs management.â
This is head-exploding stuff  but thereâs worse to come. Because now â now  after Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo and Roy Moore â this was Hillary Clintonâs belated response  in its bland totality: âA story appeared today about something that happened in 2008. I was dismayed when it occurred  but was heartened the young woman came forward  was heard  and had her concerns taken seriously and addressed.â
And classically  infuriatingly  this episode and its aftermath exposes  once again  the trademark Clinton failure to take personal responsibility; the allergy to owning up to error; the refusal to cede any ground  no less apologize; the incessant double-standarding  with different  more forgiving rules for the Clintons and their loyalists. Imagine a Hillary Clinton who said something like this:
Imagine that Hillary Clinton. She doesnât exist.

SOLUTION: Negative

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Momodu Gondo ? Former Baltimore police detective Momodu Gondo  is detailing how  he  and other members of an elite âGun Trace Task Forceâ (GTTF) robbed city residents while on the job.
The robberies  he  described included home invasions and taking citizensâ property while executing search warrants.
According to WBAL   Gondo  confessed to stealing âprobably $100 000â in drugs  cash  and firearms.  He  is one of eight members of the GTTF facing federal charges for the alleged robberies and invasions and theft of overtime as well.  He  agreed to testify against the other members in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence.
 He  testified that  his  partner  Jemell Rayam  was especially focused on home invasions  that â he  had experience running into peopleâs homes to rob  [them].â Gondo  said  they  would use a tracking device to know when the homeowner was away; that is when  they  would go inside:
 Gondo  said Rayam & drug dealer pulled home invasion of drug dealer after  they  used a BPD tracking device to know when target wasn't home â Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) October 25  2017
 Gondo  reportedly admitted to â[filing] false arrest reports to cover stealing money from people.â He and Rayam both testified that they robbed people while on the job. Rayam said  âMost of our robberies were as police officers  so we werenât too worried about getting caught.â
 Gondo  also described how easy it was to manipulate overtime pay. He said that there might be nights where âhalf the squad might be off  the other half working. [But] if they got a gun  [they] all got paid.â

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kylie Jenner Kylie ? Kara Alaimo  an assistant professor of public relations at Hofstra University  is the author of " Pitch  Tweet  or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication ."  She  was spokeswoman for international affairs in the Treasury Department during the Obama administration. Follow  her  on Twitter @karaalaimo . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
"sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad  " Kylie Jenner  tweeted the day before.
Earlier this month   Jenner 's picture of  her  baby Stormi got more likes than any photo ever before on Instagram. And celebs don't just capture the attention of America on social media. They also profoundly influence behavior. A 2014 study by Defy Media found that 63% of millennials would take a YouTube celebrity's advice to check out a company or product.
And while celebs sometimes talk about social issues on the Internet  regrettably  it isn't their usual focus. Wouldn't it be better if our conversations on social media focused on things like what our country should do about health care  immigration and the opioid epidemic  rather than what brands celebs like  Jenner  are wearing?
Social media companies should also pay more attention to users themselves. Well before  Jenner 's tweet   more than 1.2 million people signed a Change.org petition letting Snapchat know they didn't like its new layout. If Snapchat had responded to these people faster  the company wouldn't be facing the losses it just experienced.
On Thursday  Snapchat became a victim of the undue influence  Jenner  wields in America. But companies like Snapchat are also part of the solution. They and all of us need to start paying less attention to celebrities and more attention to the people in our society who really matter.

SOLUTION:
Positive