Editing Scandal (section)

==Media==

Since the development of [[printing]], the media has had greater power to expose scandals and since the advent of mass media, this power has increased. The media also has the capacity to support and/or oppose organizations and destabilize them thereby becoming involved in scandals themselves as well as reporting them.{{Sfn|Ehrat|2011|p=1}}

Following the Watergate scandal in the United States, other English-speaking countries have borrowed the suffix "gate" and added it to scandals of their own.<ref>Trahair, R.C.S ''From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms With Biographies in the Social Sciences''. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. {{ISBN|0-313-27961-6}}</ref><ref>Smith, Ronald D. and Richter, William Lee. ''Fascinating People and Astounding Events From American History''. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1993. {{ISBN|0-87436-693-3}}</ref><ref>Lull, James and Hinerman, Stephen. ''Media Scandals: Morality and Desire in the Popular Culture Marketplace''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. {{ISBN|0-231-11165-7}}</ref><ref>Hamilton, Dagmar S. "The Nixon Impeachment and the Abuse of Presidential Power", In ''Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon''. Leon Friedman and William F. Levantrosser, eds. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. {{ISBN|0-313-27781-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2008/11/04/actualidad/1225753214_850215.html |title=El 'valijagate' sigue dando disgustos a Cristina Fernández &#124; Internacional |work=EL PAÍS |date=4 November 2008 |access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref>

===Journalism===
{{main|Journalistic scandal}}
Journalistic scandals relate to high-profile incidents or acts, whether done purposefully or by accident. It could be in violation of normally in vogue [[Journalism ethics and standards|ethics and standards of journalism]]. It could also be in violation of the 'ideal' mission of [[journalism]]: to publish "news events and issues accurately and fairly."{{Sfn|Reviews|2013|p=63}}

===Television===
{{further|1950s quiz show scandals}}
The American quiz show of the 1950s generated "hypnotic intensity" among viewers and contestants. The [[CBS Television]] show ''The $64,000 Question'' which started on 7 June 1955 and such other shows as ''The Big Surprise'', ''Dotto,'' ''Tic Tac Dough'', and ''Twenty One'' became the most publicized quiz shows, but soon generated scandals after a series of revelations that contestants of several popular television quiz shows conspired with the show's producers to rig the outcome. The quiz show scandals were driven by a drive for financial gain, a willingness of contestants to "play along" with the assistance, and the lack of regulation prohibiting the rigging of game shows. In October 1958, a New York grand jury was instituted by prosecutor Joseph Stone and the matter was examined with recording of closed-door testimony. Following this, the US Congress ruled rigging a quiz show a federal crime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/quizshowsca.htm|title=Quiz Show Scandals|access-date=15 December 2015|publisher= museum.tv}}</ref>