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An event that gets public attention and negative media coverage

A scandal is an event that gets public attention and generally negative media coverage due to perceived wrongdoing, or immoral behavior of people, organisations or the government.


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
"Chinese interference in Australian politics"China is accused of interfering in the 2019 Australian federal election. COVID-19 and AUKUS came soon after.
"Chinese interference in Canadian politics"China is accused of interfering in the 2019 Canadian federal election and the 2021 Canadian federal election
"Iran-Contra"A drug trafficking/weapons smuggling operation carried out in the 1980s with the approval of the top of the US government.
Arms-to-IraqA series of arms deals by UK companies during the Iran-Iraq War, when there was a UK government-endorsed UN embargo on such sales.
Ballets rosesFrench VIPaedophile event
Bofors AffairA collective name for two deals in which the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors was involved in, including smuggling and bribes.
Bunga bunga partyA sex for TV work pyramid scheme, with children and ritual occult practises allegedly led by former Italian president Berlusconi. One whistleblower - Imane Fadil - died suddenly.
Cash-for-questions affair1990s UK political scandal
Clinton–Lewinsky scandalA political sex scandal involving US President Bill Clinton and 24-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky that took place in 1998.
Dreyfus AffairPolitical scandal that polarised France 1894-1906
Franklin child prostitution ringA US/Deep state backed child prostitution ring centered around Larry King that was partially exposed
Irish of VincennesFrench political scandal
Jeffrey Epstein/AffairAn SDS-backed billionaire financial fraudster and sexual blackmailer reportedly suicided in 2019.
Lockheed/Bribery scandalsA series of bribes made by officials of the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft.
Mani puliteItalian political corruption scandal 1992-2002
MuldergateSouth African political scandal involving the Department of Information
Noricum scandalIllegal sale of artillery guns to Iraq and Iran
Operation Fast and FuriousA "bungled gun-trafficking probe", suspected mid-level deep event involving the distribution of firearms.
Profumo AffairA major scandal in twentieth-century UK politics
Spycops scandalUndercover police officers who as part of their false persona entered into intimate relationships and in some cases proposed marriage or fathered children with activists
Susurluk car crashA seminal but still rather poorly understood deep event. It led to the coining of the phrase "deep state", and by extension "deep politics" and "deep politician".
Watergate coupThis is framed by the official narrative as a simple case of political corruption, one which proves that "the system works", since the influential perpetrator was caught - if not actually brought to justice, since outgoing president Nixon was immediately pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford. In fact it may well have been the outworking of a deeper political power struggle at work.
Wedtech scandalAfter it emerged that his close friend had worked as a lobbyist for the Wedtech, Ed Meese resigned
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