Scandal
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A scandal is a widely publicized incident involving allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace, or moral outrage. A scandal may be based on reality, or the product of false allegations, or a mixture of both.
Some scandals are broken by a whistle-blower revealing wrongdoing within an organization or a group. Falsely alleged scandals can lead to a witch-hunt against the innocent. Sometimes an attempt to cover up a scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails. Classes of scandals include:
- political scandals
- sex scandals
- academic scandals
- sporting scandals (especially Olympic Games scandals)
The United States in the 1950s was swept by a wave of quiz show scandals. Another major type of scandal is a corporate scandal, especially corporate accounting scandals. A wave of corporate accounting scandals swept United States companies in 2002 (see accounting scandals of 2002).
[edit] Lists of scandals
- Academic scandal
- Corporate scandal (includes accounting and mutual fund scandals)
- Journalism scandals
- Political scandal
- List of scandals of the Roman Catholic Church
- Christian televangelist scandals
- Sex scandal
- List of sporting scandals
- List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
[edit] Quotations
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea" - Henry Fielding[1]
"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality" - Oscar Wilde
