Lists of political scandals by country

• Albania - Political scandals of Albania
  Political scandals of Albania
  This is a list of major political controversies in Albania:...
  
  
• Australia - List of Australian political controversies
• Belgium - Belgian political scandals
  Belgian political scandals
  This is a list of political scandals in Belgium:* Guy Jespers affair * KS affair * Marc Dutroux affair * Albert Canal pipeline affair * Superclub affair * Cools assassination...
  
  
• Canada - List of Canadian political scandals
• Chile - Chilean political scandals
  Chilean political scandals
  A political scandal is a kind of political corruption that is exposed and becomes a scandal, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices...
  
  
• Colombia - Colombian parapolitics scandal
  Colombian parapolitics scandal
  The Colombian parapolitics scandal or "parapolítica" in Spanish refers to the 2006–present Colombian congressional scandal in which several congressmen and other politicians have been indicted for suspicions of colluding with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia , a paramilitary group which...
  
  
• France - French political scandals
  French political scandals
  -Until 1958:*1816 - shipwreck of and search for French frigate Medusa off the west coast of Africa.*1847 - Teste-Cubières corruption scandal, revealed in May 1847...
  
  
• Germany - German political scandals
  German political scandals
  This is a list of major political scandals in Germany:*Spiegel scandal *"Radikalenerlass" or Berufsverbot *Rudel Scandal *CDU secret party donations scandal , twice:**1982 "Flick Affair"...
  
  
• Iceland - Icelandic political scandals
  Icelandic political scandals
  Icelandic political scandals are political scandals which have occurred in Iceland's history and are connected to Iceland's politicians:* Bankafarganið – Public opinion shifted to mistrust when Björn Jónsson, the Icelandic minister, fired the director of the national bank.* The Magnús Jónsson...
  
  
• India - Indian political scandals
• Ireland - Irish political scandals
  Irish political scandals
  This is a list of major political scandals in the Republic of Ireland:- Republic of Ireland :1970s*Arms Crisis*Dublin and Monaghan bombings collusion controversy1980s*Journalist phone tapping scandal*Kerry babies incident1990s...
  
  
• Italy - Italian political scandals
  Italian political scandals
  This is a list of major political scandals in Italy:* Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's corruption charges** Tax evasion** bribing members of the judiciary** "Immunity legislation"** Media manipulation for political propaganda...
  
  
• Japan - Black Mist Scandal (Japanese politics)
  The Black Mist Scandal (Japanese baseball)
  In Japan, the refers to a series of game fixing scandals in the professional leagues between 1969 and 1971. The fallout from these scandals resulted in several star players receiving long suspensions, salary cuts, or being banned from professional play entirely; the resulting abandonment of...
  
  
• Philippines - List of Philippine political scandals
• South Africa - South African political scandals
• United Kingdom - List of political scandals in the United Kingdom
• United States - List of federal political scandals in the United States, List of state and local political scandals in the United States

See also

• Moral panic
  Moral panic
  A moral panic is the intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. According to Stanley Cohen, author of Folk Devils and Moral Panics and credited creator of the term, a moral panic occurs when "[a] condition, episode, person or group of...
  
  
• Sensationalism
  Sensationalism
  Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers...
  
  
• Deviancy amplification spiral
  Deviancy amplification spiral
  Deviancy amplification spiral is a media hype phenomenon defined by media critics as a cycle of increasing numbers of reports on a category of antisocial behavior or some other "undesirable" event, leading to a moral panic...
  
  
• Mass media
  Mass media
  Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
  
  
• Sex scandal
  Sex scandal
  A sex scandal is a scandal involving allegations or information about possibly-immoral sexual activities being made public. Sex scandals are often associated with movie stars, politicians, famous athletes or others in the public eye, and become scandals largely because of the prominence of the...