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).

Lists of scandals

Academic scandal
Corporate scandal (includes accounting and mutual fund scandals)
List of drug scandals
Journalism scandals
Political scandal
List of scandals of the Roman Catholic Church
Sex scandal
List of sporting scandals
List of scandals with "-gate" suffix

Quotes

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea - Henry Fielding.

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