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[?]
• Teapot Dome scandal
• Profumo scandal
• American quiz show scandals of the 1950s
• The American Catholic priests' sex abuse 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[?]