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PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz is Negative . Cruz 's fans say it 's because he stands on principle . 
In the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate , Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington -- a fact he 's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate . 
Is it true , as Cruz would have it , that the dreaded GOP establishment pays lip service to shrinking the federal government and repealing Obamacare , but actually would prefer to preserve the status quo ? 
Or do Cruz 's Beltway critics have a point ? 
Cruz has n't hesitated to take polarizing stances , even when doing so means taking on his Republican colleagues . 
Lee is also Cruz 's best friend -- maybe his only friend -- in the Senate . 
In his memoir , Cruz writes that no one stood by him "more courageously or indispensably" than Lee during his 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech that preceded the 2013 government shutdown . 
When Lee brought up his bill in the committee hearing , he was n't sure if he 'd have Cruz 's support . 
Cruz attacked the bill as dangerous and politically poisonous . 
Cruz went on to warn his fellow senators that if they voted for the bill , they would imperil their careers . 
Essentially , Cruz was saying that the legislation would let dangerous people out of prison , they would commit more crimes , and the senators would be subject to Willie Horton-style attack ads . 
Lee , who was sitting right next to Cruz , could not believe what he was hearing . 
Lee 's communications director , Conn Carroll , confirmed to me that Lee and his staff had no advance warning that Cruz was planning to brutally attack -- and , in Lee 's view , misrepresent -- his friend 's bill . 
The bill made it out of committee that day , but now it appears to be in trouble , with several other Republican senators taking Cruz 's line against it at a Senate lunch last week . 
Today , Lee has conspicuously joined every other sitting senator in declining to endorse Cruz 's presidential run . 
And while Lee and Cruz are still friends , the episode vividly illustrates Cruz 's talent for irritating other senators . 
Another telling episode came during the 2013 government shutdown , which Cruz spearheaded , insisting that if Congress defunded Obamacare , the president might go along . 
As McKay Coppins reports in his new book , The Wilderness , Cruz 's own staff never actually expected the gambit to work . 
To Cruz 's colleagues , it was a pointless and damaging exercise , but grassroots conservative groups cheered the effort . 
Cruz is close to the Fund and has appeared in its ads . 
At a private lunch of Republican senators , New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte waved the document in Cruz 's face and demanded that he disavow it . 
When he declined , several other senators , including then-Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , took Ayotte 's side and denounced Cruz . 
In my conversations with Republican policy types and Senate aides about Cruz , this lack of regard for his colleagues , and for the niceties that have traditionally governed the upper chamber , was a common theme . 
As Trent Lott , the former Senate majority leader , told me last week , referring to the time Cruz called McConnell a liar on the Senate floor : "You just do n't do that . 
Another criticism of Cruz is that his antics are disruptive and damaging to the Republican Party . 
Cruz does have policy differences with the business wing of the party : Unlike the Chamber , he opposes comprehensive immigration reform , would like to kill the Export-Import Bank , and -LRB- in a reversal -RRB- opposed a recent free-trade bill . 
In Iowa , Cruz has been subjected to millions of dollars in attack ads and personally criticized by the Republican governor , Terry Branstad , for opposing ethanol subsidies . 
But a Republican policy expert close to a number of top GOP operatives and donors insisted it 's not about Cruz 's style or his positions . 
But the effort does n't result in smaller government or the end of Obamacare -- all it achieves is drawing attention to Cruz . 
You can see how these complaints look from the perspective of Cruz and his fans : like features , not bugs . 
But what about the criticism that Cruz 's efforts have n't gotten any results ? 
The Cruz camp did n't reply to my query , so I put the question to Amanda Carpenter , who was Cruz 's communications director during much of his time in the Senate , including the shutdown . 
Carpenter said Cruz had sent a message . 
Cruz has shown that one person can make a difference ." 
But as they see it , the difference Cruz has made in the Senate has not been a positive one .

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Burns is Neutral . Media mergers and acquisitions are a hot button topic. And while  Lions Gate Chairman Michael Burns  applauds the recent deal between Disney and Twenty-first Century Fox   he  says not all media deals are created equal.
 Burns  had nothing but good things to say about Disney's more than $52 billion deal with  Fox   arguing the mega-merger serves Lions Gate  a production and distribution company known for such films as the "Hunger Games" series.
"I think the deal is good for us  it certainly validates content  " Burns  said on CNBC's "Fast Money."
Lions Gate  which not only produces films  but has 45 shows on 90 different platforms is diverse enough to survive   Burns  said. And it helps that the big deal will strengthen smaller players  like Hulu  which can then purchase more content from Lions Gate.
It also helps Lions Gate   Burns  said  by reducing competitors in the market.
"I would guess they'll stick to big franchises  the movies they can promote in theme parks "  he  said. "I think the movies will have fewer big  wide releases than the two as separate companies."
When it comes to Time Warner and AT&T  the two companies whose talks have been called "illegal" by the Justice Department   Burns  isn't quite so confident.  He  said  he  worries the deal would give the conglomerate a monopoly  and create incentive to hurt smaller companies.
"What's most important to us is to make sure that we  if approved  are treated fairly. If we're not going to be treated fairly  then of course we would be against it "  Burns  said.
And Lions Gate isn't just sitting idly by.  Burns  said the company has been approached by regulators to give their opinions on the matter.
"We are more than an interested party "  he  added.

SOLUTION: yes

PROBLEM: Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Milo Yiannopoulos is Neutral . And it would appear that some of those funds come from helping  disgraced provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos  make money.
Earlier this month  following ThinkProgress’s reporting   Yiannopoulos  parted ways with Shopify  a Canadian company that had prior provided Yiannopoulos with a means of monetizing the latest white nationalist memes — even though  Yiannopoulos  had collaborated with white supremacists and was fired from Breitbart for his seeming willingness to condone pedophilia.
On Monday  however   Yiannopoulos  launched “Dangerous ” which he claimed would be “the leading destination for media from the New Right.” The site was password-protected sometime Monday afternoon but the “Dangerous Boutique” store that went live alongside it remains online — as is  Yiannopoulos ’s apparent partnership with Stripe.
 Yiannopoulos ’s current slate of products range from “Feminism is Cancer” mugs to Batman-ripoff T-shirts. He is also selling a shirt that reads that “Milo did nothing wrong ” an apparent reference to his pedophilia-related comments that forced him out of Breitbart.
Stripe’s involvement with  Yiannopoulos ’s new store – which remains one of his sole sources of revenue  following his recent fallout with hedge fund manager Robert Mercer – becomes clear when users try to purchase any items from  Yiannopoulos ’s store.
ThinkProgress’s questions to Stripe went unanswered  and it remains unclear if Stripe is aware that  Yiannopoulos  is using their service to make money and build  his  brand. Nonetheless   Yiannopoulos  has not hidden  his  mutually beneficial relationship with Stripe.
As Collison told BBC  “As long as the internet economy continues to grow  Stripe will continue to grow.” And it appears that as long as  Yiannopoulos ’s new business grows  so  too  will Stripe.

SOLUTION:
yes