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PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity John F. Kennedy ? Perhaps no major event in modern U.S. history has spawned more widespread doubt than  the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in November 1963 . The official account: One man  Lee Harvey Oswald  did it. The unofficial theory: Well  there are many.
 The JFK assassination  is back in the news as the deadline for releasing a final batch of government documents related to the investigation approaches. Back in 1992  Congress passed a law ordering that all remaining papers be released by Oct. 26  2017 â thatâs this Thursday. President Trump could still decide to keep some information secret on national security grounds  but he seems inclined to allow everything to be released on schedule.
Will this last dossier of evidence put the conspiracy theories to rest? Thatâs unlikely. Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary  most Americans have believed that more than one person was involved in  Kennedy âs death since almost the moment of  the assassination .
According to a new FiveThirtyEight-commissioned SurveyMonkey poll of 5 130 adults  conducted Oct. 17 to Oct. 20  2017  only 33 percent of Americans believe that one man was responsible for  the assassination . A majority  61 percent  think that others were involved in a conspiracy. In pretty much every demographic  most respondents believed that Oswald didnât act alone.
Most people believe JFK wasnât killed by Oswald alone Respondentsâ beliefs about President John F. Kennedyâs death  according to a poll conducted Oct. 17-20  2017 GROUP ONE MAN KILLED JFK OTHERS WERE INVOLVED Overall 33% 61% Male 33 62 Female 32 60 White 38 56 Hispanic 22 72 Black 19 76 College graduate 42 52 No college degree 29 65 White college graduate 48 46 White without a college degree 33 60 Registered voter 35 61 Not registered 25 69 18-34 35 60 35-64 31 62 65 and older 32 60 Republican 36 60 Democrat 36 61 Independent  no lean 24 70 Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 38 59 Voted for Donald Trump in 2016 35 61 Source: SurveyMonkey
Thatâs not say that every group believes in a conspiracy theory at equal rates. African-Americans (76 percent) and Hispanics (72 percent) are far more likely than whites (56 percent) to believe that Oswald didnât act alone. The government  of course  has a history of lying to the black community  which may be why African-Americans are more likely to think the government isnât telling the whole story about  Kennedy âs death and other major news stories.
In our SurveyMonkey poll  the 33 percent of people who believe that one man killed  Kennedy  is higher than itâs been in any yearly average of polling since 1966. That was the year before New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison publicly accused the government of enacting a huge cover-up to conceal the fact that  the president  had been killed by anti-Communist extremists in the CIA.  He  later prosecuted a man  he  believed was involved in the conspiracy  and though  he  lost  his  conspiracy case in court  Garrison and his theory went on to be immortalized in Oliver Stoneâs 1991 film âJFK.â Although the movie made millions of dollars and fanned the flames of conspiracy  it did not seem to have much impact on American opinion overall â the percentage of Americans who believed in a conspiracy remained pretty stable before and after the filmâs release.
Why is it  though  that belief in a lone gunman has grown by over 20 percentage points in the past two decades? It could be that conspiracy theoristsâ inability to provide proof has hurt their appeal to the public. Itâs also possible that recent computerized evidence seeming to prove Oswald acted alone has gotten through to Americans. Finally  it could be a simple matter of demographic changes. The percentage of Americans who have at least a college degree continues to rise  and SurveyMonkey found that 42 percent of Americans with at least a college degree believed Oswald acted alone compared to 29 percent with less than a college degree. In fact  a slight plurality of whites with at least a college degree actually believed one man was responsible for the death of  Kennedy .
Whatever the cause of the recent upswing in the popularity of the lone assassin theory  most Americans still think that there was a conspiracy and that more than one man was responsible for  Kennedy âs death. Perhaps if the government releases the final documents on the assassination  that will put conspiracy theories about the murder to rest. But chances are it wonât.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity John Fritchey ? Shuftan made his comments after Commissioners John Fritchey and Luis Arroyo Jr.  both Chicago Democrats  announced they would introduce a resolution next week to put the question on the March 20 primary ballot.
After his announcement   Fritchey  made the rounds of the county boardroom at an unrelated committee meeting  asking for support.
A longtime advocate of making recreational marijuana use legal   Fritchey  pointed to the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington. State and local governments in Illinois could expect to bring in $500 million a year in pot taxes based on those statesâ experiences   he  said.
âItâs about unclogging a court system that is overburdened â  Fritchey  said. âIf we can take these cases out of the court system  we will be doing a tremendous service not just to the individuals but to the court system as well.â
âAlmost 90 percent of these cases get dismissed  doing nothing but leaving individuals with an arrest record â  he  added. âWe are wasting court resources. We are damaging lives. And we have the ability to do better.â
Fritchey â a former state lawmaker â also said  he  hoped a successful ballot question in Cook County would spur legislators to take a vote on a potentially thorny issue during an election year in 2018.
Sen. Heather Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy  both of whom like  Fritchey  live on the cityâs North Side  introduced legislation in March to allow the possession of up to 28 grams of pot  or about an ounce  and to grow five plants. Their proposals call for a tax of $50 an ounce  plus the standard state 6.25 percent sales tax. Local governments like the city and county collect their own sales taxes  so they likely also would bring in more money as a result of legalization.

SOLUTION: Neutral

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kylie Jenner ? âKeeping Up With The Kardashiansâ and âLife of  Kylie â  star Kylie Jenner  told the public Sunday that  she  gave birth to a baby girl last week.
 The star  made the announcement on Instagram with a heartfelt note to  her  fans and followers that both explained the reasons  she  chose to keep  her  pregnancy a secret and announced the birth of  her  first daughter with rapper Travis Scott. The duo had been dating for only about five months before rumors that they were expecting a child together surfaced in September 2017. Now   she  has confirmed him to be the father after months of rare silence from the reality TV and social media personality.
A post shared by  Kylie  (@kyliejenner) on Feb 4  2018 at 12:27pm PST
 Jenner  also attached am 11-minute video diary that  for the first time  showed  her  pregnant and openly discussing having a baby with friends and family. It also gives some details as to the journey  she  took both in finding out and how it affected  her  future.
One of the most potent moments came with Kim Kardashian  who just had her third child  via a surrogate  with Kanye West. The sisters bond over the new baby while Kim explains what  Kylie  can expect to happen to  her  body soon.
Prior to the big reveal  fans noticed that  Jenner  had only been posting older photos of  herself  on social media or images that were cropped to omit what people now know to be  her  visibly pregnant figure.
In the video   Jenner  has  her  friends discuss both the progression of  her  relationship with Scott as well as how they found out that  she  was pregnant. Fans of the Kardashian family were also treated to some rare footage from the moment Kris Jenner gave birth to  Kylie . The footage  which opens the below video  appears to have been shot by  her  father  Caitlyn Jenner  who at the time identified as Bruce Jenner.
The announcement comes a little more than a month after  Kylie âs sister  Khloe Kardashian  revealed her pregnancy on Instagram as well.

SOLUTION:
Positive