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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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Robert Thomson ? News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson  slammed Google and Facebook for what  he  calls a âdysfunctionalâ and âdebasedâ online environment that harms traditional media  according to a variety of published reports.
Efforts by the two online giants to reduce misinformation and improve online news were only âmodest steps toward changing a digital environment that is dysfunctional at its core â  Thomson  said.
Facebook and Google are âin the midst of a particularly disruptive period  commercially  socially and politically â  he  added.
âThe bot-infested badlands are hardly a safe space for advertisers  whose brands are being tainted by association with the extreme  the violent and the repulsive â  Thomson  said.
News Corp. reported growth in online visits and subscriptions for its media properties such as the Wall Street Journal and The Sun of Britain   Thomson  said. But the companies profitability could rise if âthe potential returns for our journalism would be far higher in a less chaotic  less debased digital environment â he said.

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Connor Neurauter ? More than 40 000 people have signed an online petition calling on the University of Calgary  in Alberta  Canada  to expel Connor Neurauter  21.
The University of Calgary said it is reviewing  Neurauter 's status.
 Neurauter  was an accomplished athlete who played hockey across Canada and in Sweden.
 He  is in  his  second year of a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry.
During  his  sentencing  the court heard how  he  had solicited nude photos from the girl after the two began a brief sexual relationship that did not involve intercourse.
The girl said that at one point   he  choked her before giving her a bra as a present.
 He  then threatened to release the nude photos to her family if she did not keep their relationship a secret.
The victim's mother supports the petition to expel  Neurauter  and told her daughter she is proud of her for coming forward.

Answer: Negative


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Ted Cruz ? "If we have a shutdown , it will be because Harry Reid holds that absolutist position and essentially holds the American people hostage ," Cruz told NBC 's Meet the Press days after his filibuster , and just before the shutdown began . 
Over the next couple of weeks , with much of the federal workforce furloughed , Cruz huddled with House conservatives to encourage them to dig in against a deal that included any capitulation on the Obamacare demands . 
WASHINGTON -- To hear Sen. Ted Cruz tell it , he deserves no blame for the 2013 government shutdown that cost the U.S. economy $ 24 billion . 
"You 've left me speechless ," Maine Sen. Susan Collins , a moderate Republican who seethed at Cruz throughout the 2013 episode , told reporters when asked about her Texas colleague 's stance . 
Cruz argued Monday that he voted repeatedly to keep the government running . 
Cruz spent the summer of 2013 promoting the idea that the fight to defund Obamacare was worth the risk of shutdown , and stirring public pressure on GOP leaders . 
The episode remains a key moment in Cruz 's five-year Senate career , elevating his status among tea partiers and propelling his 2016 presidential bid . 
But while Cruz 's stance caused dismay and allegations of revisionism , he has always maintained that Democrats bore responsibility for the 16-day shutdown -- along with GOP congressional leaders who lacked the backbone to back him up in the crusade to defund Obamacare . 
"There 's no end result other than shutting the government down , for which Republicans are going to be blamed ," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said after a meeting with Cruz , shortly before the shutdown . 
On Monday , Cruz called it "a media narrative" that he was responsible for the 2013 shutdown . 
House Speaker John Boehner rejected the tactic and later called Cruz a "jackass" for pursuing it .

Answer:
Negative