In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.

Statement: PROMO's report claimed that local TV news foments fear and hostility among city residents and suburbanites alike by devoting a disproportionate share of its broadcast time to crime. Choices: 1. People are no longer afraid of crime because the news shows that there has been less criminal activity this year. 2. Despite the decreased crime rates in recent years, the public's concern about crime is at an all-time high due to the ratings-focused media. 3. There are claims that local news programs foster fear due to their heavy focus on crime.
2

Statement: We have joined in this fight to protect the town. Choices: 1. We do not want any part in protecting the town. 2. We will help protect the town against the warfare.  3. We are going to help protect the town. 
2

Statement: or even making the play-offs so that doesn't doesn't help you in the draft Choices: 1. Making the playoffs puts you in a better position for the draft. 2. Making they playoffs doesn't help you in the draft because those are unrelated things. 3. Making they playoffs doesn't help you in the draft.

2