Austria's conservatives, Social Democrats to sue each other ahead of voteVIENNA (Reuters) - Austria s co-governing Social Democrats (SPO) and conservative (OVP), who are leading in polls ahead of the Oct. 15 election, said on Friday they would sue each other in an escalating political smear scandal. A public outcry over derogatory Facebook pages targeting OVP leader Sebastian Kurz, run by campaign consultants hired by the SPO, has already led to the departure of its campaign manager and loss of popularity in a recent poll.  The limit has been reached. We re suing,  OVP general secretary Elisabeth Koestinger told a news conference. She said her party was preparing a libel suit against an employee of SPO campaign consultant Tal Silberstein, whom the SPO fired in August, to force him to retract comments that the OVP had offered him 100,000 euros ($116,980) to switch sides.  We are also preparing to sue the SPO in relation to incitement,  she said, adding the lawsuit could be broadened. SPO chairman Christoph Matznetter said the SPO was preparing a lawsuit against Kurz s spokesman seeking to clarify whether he did or did not offer money to Silberstein s employee. He said such an act could amount to bribery and  industrial espionage . SPO Chancellor Christian Kern, who has governed in a tension-ridden  grand coalition  with the OVP, has said he knew nothing of the  dirty campaigning  pages and has asked Facebook to unmask the people running them. At the behest of the SPO, Vienna prosecutors are investigating unnamed persons for defamation as the pages also included derogatory content aimed at Kern.  The OVP is leading pre-election polls at around 34 percent, while the SPO has slipped to third place at 22 percent below the far-right, anti-immigrant Freedom Party at 27 percent. worldnews
austria conservatives social democrats sue ahead votevienna reuters austria social democrats spo conservative op leading polls ahead election said friday would sue escalating political smear scandal a public outcry derogatory facebook pages targeting op leader sebastian kur run campaign consultants hired spo already led departure campaign manager loss popularity recent poll the limit reached we suing op general secretary elizabeth koestinger told news conference she said party preparing libel suit employee spo campaign consultant tal silberstein spo fired august force retract comments op offered euros switch sides we also preparing sue spo relation incitement said adding lawsuit could broadened spo chairman christopher matznetter said spo preparing lawsuit kur spokesman seeking clarify whether offer money silberstein employee he said act could amount bribery industrial espionage spo chancellor christian keen governed grand coalition op said knew nothing dirty campaigning pages asked facebook mask people running at behest spo vienna prosecutors investigating unnamed persons defamation pages also included derogatory content aimed keen the op leading polls around percent spo slipped third place percent freedom party percent worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Austria's conservatives, Social Democrats to sue each other ahead of voteVIENNA (Reuters) - Austria s co-governing Social Democrats (SPO) and conservative (OVP), who are leading in polls ahead of the Oct. 15 election, said on Friday they would sue each other in an escalating political smear scandal. A public outcry over derogatory Facebook pages targeting OVP leader Sebastian Kurz, run by campaign consultants hired by the SPO, has already led to the departure of its campaign manager and loss of popularity in a recent poll.  The limit has been reached. We re suing,  OVP general secretary Elisabeth Koestinger told a news conference. She said her party was preparing a libel suit against an employee of SPO campaign consultant Tal Silberstein, whom the SPO fired in August, to force him to retract comments that the OVP had offered him 100,000 euros ($116,980) to switch sides.  We are also preparing to sue the SPO in relation to incitement,  she said, adding the lawsuit could be broadened. SPO chairman Christoph Matznetter said the SPO was preparing a lawsuit against Kurz s spokesman seeking to clarify whether he did or did not offer money to Silberstein s employee. He said such an act could amount to bribery and  industrial espionage . SPO Chancellor Christian Kern, who has governed in a tension-ridden  grand coalition  with the OVP, has said he knew nothing of the  dirty campaigning  pages and has asked Facebook to unmask the people running them. At the behest of the SPO, Vienna prosecutors are investigating unnamed persons for defamation as the pages also included derogatory content aimed at Kern.  The OVP is leading pre-election polls at around 34 percent, while the SPO has slipped to third place at 22 percent below the far-right, anti-immigrant Freedom Party at 27 percent. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: austria conservatives social democrats sue ahead votevienna reuters austria social democrats spo conservative op leading polls ahead election said friday would sue escalating political smear scandal a public outcry derogatory facebook pages targeting op leader sebastian kur run campaign consultants hired spo already led departure campaign manager loss popularity recent poll the limit reached we suing op general secretary elizabeth koestinger told news conference she said party preparing libel suit employee spo campaign consultant tal silberstein spo fired august force retract comments op offered euros switch sides we also preparing sue spo relation incitement said adding lawsuit could broadened spo chairman christopher matznetter said spo preparing lawsuit kur spokesman seeking clarify whether offer money silberstein employee he said act could amount bribery industrial espionage spo chancellor christian keen governed grand coalition op said knew nothing dirty campaigning pages asked facebook mask people running at behest spo vienna prosecutors investigating unnamed persons defamation pages also included derogatory content aimed keen the op leading polls around percent spo slipped third place percent freedom party percent worldnews