Sentence 1: As you know, I have strong political ties to presidential candidate George W. Bush, however these are not the opinions of Red Herring Communications nor do they influence the journalistic ethics of any of the editorial properties of Red Herring Communications, Perkins wrote.

Sentence 2: The strong political ties to the presidential candidate don't influence the journalistic ethics.
Select from:
1). yes;
2). it is not possible to tell;
3). no;
Is this second sentence entailed by the first sentence?
1).