SCANDAL

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).

Contents

Lists of scandals

Quotations

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

Quotations

"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea" - Henry Fielding[1]
"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality" - Oscar Wilde