Given a sentence and an entity, the task is to select the authors sentiment towards the enity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the sentence expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the sentence expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the sentence expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Blumenthal ?  Blumenthal said he hoped to discover whether marketing concerns influenced the program's criteria. "Were the choices of products shaped by an advertising strategy rather than scientific evidence?" he said.
[EX A]: Positive

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Lowell Bailey ? While the rules here are extreme  U.S. gun laws confound biathletes from other countries.  Bailey  said  he  has discussed the U.S. laws with rivals  and mostly they are left at a loss.
[EX A]: Neutral

[EX Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gordon MacDonald ? A multi-agency investigation into the case is now under way  which  MacDonald  says includes both  his  office and the Office of the Grafton County Attorney  along with the New Hampshire State Police  the Grafton County Sheriff's Department and the Hanover Police Department.
[EX A]:
Positive