anchor: While Podhoretz may be correct in his opinion of Al Sharpton, his comments regarding Sharpton and Jesse Jackson possess a thinly disguised undertone of  As he castigates white liberals for assuming that Negroes could do no wrong, his discussion of Sharpton's actions seem to say, Well, what can you expect?
positive: Podhoretz made some comments about Al Sharpton.
negative: Podhoretz has no opinion of Al Sharpton.