What is Scandal?
{{unsourced|date=February 2013}} A '''scandal''' is a very [[:wikt:public|public]] incident which involves a claim of wrong-doing, shame, or [[Morality|moral]] offence. A scandal may be about a real event, an untrue event (often called a false [[allegation]]) or a mixture of both. Something which is a scandal can be described as '''scandalous'''. Scandals may be told by [[wikt:whistleblower|whistleblowers]], who have access to secrets and allow them to go public. A well-known scandal was the [[Watergate]] scandal, in which [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Richard Nixon]] was found to be supporting and hiding illegal burglaries. Untrue claims often lead to a loss of respect for that person, and can destroy their [[wikt:career|careers]]. Sometimes an attempt to [[Cover-up|cover up]] a scandal creates a bigger scandal when the cover-up does not succeed. Sometimes there are scandals surrounding people who work for the president such as during the [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant administration]]. The [[Iran-Contra affair]] was also a known scandal that surrounded [[Ronald Reagan]] and his administration. All were not-guilty of the crime. [[Category:Scandals| ]] {{stub}}