Scandal

A scandal involves widely publicised allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace or moral outrage. A scandal may be based on reality, or the product of false allegations.

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.

Often, an attempt to cover-up a scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails.

Examples of actual or alleged scandals:

• Pacific scandal
• Watergate scandal
• Burrell affair
• Black Sox scandal
• Enron scandal
• Ford Pinto scandal
• Harken Energy Scandal
• Lockerbie scandal
• Monica Lewinsky scandal
• Teapot Dome scandal
• Whitewater scandal
• Profumo scandal
• American quiz show scandals of the 1950s
• Roman Catholic church sex abuse scandal
• Magadalene Sisters Asylum Scandal

• Classes of scandals:
• political scandals
• sex scandals
• Corporate accounting scandals
• Accounting scandals
• sporting scandals, of which Olympic Games scandals are a specialty

Political scandals by country:

• American political scandals
• Australian political scandals
• British political scandals
• French political scandals
• German political scandals
• Italian political scandals