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Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document 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 article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia ? Russian figure skater  Evgenia Medvedeva  told the IOC on Tuesday that its ban on Russian athletes for the 2018 Olympics was unfair.
 Medvedeva  a gold-medal favorite for 2018   said the punishment affects athletes who were not involved in a state-backed doping scheme.
 Medvedeva  also argued that  she  could not "accept" competing under a neutral flag if given the option.
Russian figure skater  Evgenia Medvedeva  pleaded with the International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday to reconsider its ban of Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang  South Korea.
"In 2014  I was 14 years old  " Medvedeva  said  via Ice Network. "I have not even entered the adult national team of my country.
 Medvedeva  also said that  she  can't "accept" competing for a neutral flag. The IOC on Tuesday said some qualifying Russian athletes who have passed several drug tests will be allowed to compete at the IOC's discretion  but they will do so in neutral uniforms.
"I can not accept the option that I would compete in the Olympic Games without the Russian flag as a neutral athlete  " Medvedeva  said. "I am proud of my country  it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives strength and inspires me during the performances."
"Everyone has dreams  and you probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same!"  Medvedeva  said. "I do not know if there will be other Games in my sports life after Pyeongchang."
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Neutral


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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rachel Maddow ? MSNBC star Rachel Maddowâs latest anti-Trump conspiracy theory was so outlandish that even the dependably liberal HuffPost criticized it as "so flimsy that it could be debunked by a quick glance at a map."
On Thursday evening  "The Rachel Maddow Show" opened with a somber 25-minute diatribe that attempted to connect the tragic ambush attack that killed four American soldiers in Niger to the latest version of President Trumpâs proposed travel ban  which included the nation of Chad.  Maddow  essentially claimed that the inclusion of Chad  which recently pulled  its  troops out of Niger  in the revised travel ban resulted in extremist attacks such as the one that left four Americans dead.
The HuffPost  which is so anti-Trump that it refused to even cover him in the political section during the early stages of his campaign  published a story headlined  "What the hell was this  Rachel Maddow  segment?" The MSNBC host proclaimed that Chadâs pullout from Niger "had an immediate effect in emboldening ISIS attacks " but the HuffPost easily shot down her theory.
Colby College Department of Government assistant professor Laura Seay told the HuffPost that "any expert" would have said  Maddow 's conspiracy theory was "crazy" and the pullout of Chadian troops isnât necessarily related to the Trumpâs travel ban.
"Everybody that I know is appalled by this. I would like to think that  Maddow 's researchers are more responsible " Seay told the HuffPost.
"The Rachel Maddow Show" declined to comment to HuffPost but the host addressed the situation on Friday nightâs episode.
"Over the course of the day today  lots of people have been very upset with me for reporting that last night  which is fine. I didnât know you cared. But the upset over my reporting doesnât mean that anything I reported wasnât true "  Maddow  said. "Everything I reported was true."
 Maddow  continued: "Now  this doesnât mean that Chad withdrawing their troops was necessarily the cause of what happened to those U.S. troops who were ambushed. That ambush is being described by the Pentagon as a shock."
The HuffPostâs Willa Frej wrote that  Maddow  built "myths" using unrelated or unreliable information and "reduced the story so thoroughly that it lost any semblance of the larger truth."
 Maddow  has seen increased viewership as the triggered left tunes in to watch  her  condemn Trump on a nightly basis  butit seems the MSNBC host this time went too far for one of the most liberal publications in America.
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Negative


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What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rex Tillerson ? Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a media opportunity with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the State Department in Washington  Friday  Dec. 1  2017. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday denied he wants to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  calling reports to that effect “fake news ” as his top diplomat brushed off speculation that he has lost the confidence of the White House.
As  Tillerson  went about  his  normal schedule of diplomatic activities  including two meetings with Trump  the president said his secretary of state is “not leaving.”
“The media has been speculating that I fired  Rex Tillerson  or that  he  would be leaving soon - FAKE NEWS!” Trump tweeted. “He’s not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects  (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!”
The tweet was Trump’s strongest endorsement of his top diplomat since senior White House officials on Thursday began telling reporters that a plan had been devised to push  Tillerson  out and replace him with CIA chief Mike Pompeo. Immediately after reports of the plan emerged  Trump offered only tepid support for  Tillerson   noting only that he was at the White House for a previously scheduled meeting.
The halfhearted backing amid the swirl of speculation over  Tillerson ’s imminent demise had threatened to impair  his  effectiveness  particularly as  he  prepares for an official trip to Europe next week.
On Friday   Tillerson  attended two meetings at the White House with Trump — one with Libya’s visiting prime minister and then a lunch with the president and Defense Secretary James Mattis. Before those meetings   Tillerson  told reporters at the State Department that speculation  he  was on  his  way out was “laughable.”
Tillerson aides had said the secretary was sanguine and remained comfortable in his role despite the turmoil in Trump’s national security team centering on him. Aides said  Tillerson  would continue to serve until the president asked  him  not to and stressed that such a request had not been made.
Although  Tillerson  looks safe for now   he  will be losing a senior aide and conduit to the public in coming weeks.
R.C. Hammond  who has run State Department strategic communications since  Tillerson  took office  will leave his post in mid-December  officials said.
After a report in October that Tillerson had called the president a “moron ”  Tillerson  appeared before cameras to pledge fealty to his boss. Soon after  Trump publicly challenged his secretary to an IQ match.
When  Tillerson  was tapped for the job late last year  many Trump critics expressed quiet relief that  he ’d picked a sober “adult” who could form a counterweight to the president’s brasher  more impulsive approach  especially on critical matters of war and peace.
Yet divisions on key foreign policy issues emerged quickly  and Trump has repeatedly undermined  Tillerson  by voicing positions at odds with his.
When  Tillerson  in June called on Arab nations to ease their blockade on Qatar  Trump hours later lambasted Qatar for funding terrorism. Trump also deemed diplomacy with North Korea a waste of time  when  Tillerson  was pursuing just that.  Tillerson ’s advice to Trump to stay in the Paris climate deal and certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal was similarly overruled.
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Positive