Editing Cover-up (section)

== Examples ==
[[File:J’accuse.jpg|thumb|Front page of the newspaper {{lang|fr|[[L’Aurore]]}} of Thursday 13 January 1898, with the famous open letter ''[[J'Accuse…!]]'' written by [[Émile Zola]] to the President of France about the [[Dreyfus Affair]]. The headline reads "I accuse! Letter to the [[Félix Faure|President of the Republic]]". See [[:s:Translation:J'Accuse...!|J'accuse...!]], the whole text on Wikisource]]

* The [[Dreyfus Affair]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=D&artid=482#1462 |title=DREYFUS CASE ("L'Affaire Dreyfus") |publisher=JewishEncyclopedia.com |access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Armenian genocide denial]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dadrian |first1=Vahakn N. |title=The signal facts surrounding the Armenian genocide and the Turkish denial syndrome |journal=Journal of Genocide Research |date=2003 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=269–279 |doi=10.1080/14623520305671|s2cid=71289389 |quote=First, there are the organized attempts to cover up the record of past atrocities. The nearest successful example in the modern era is the 80 years of official denial by successive Turkish governments of the 1915–17 genocide against the Armenians in which some 1.5 million people lost their lives. This denial has been sustained by deliberate propaganda, lying and coverups, forging documents, suppression of archives, and bribing scholars.}}</ref>
* [[Katyn massacre]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sterio |first1=Milena |title=Katyn Forest Massacre: Of Genocide, State Lies, and Secrecy |journal=Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law |date=2011 |volume=44 |pages=615 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cwrint44&div=36&id=&page=}}</ref>
* The [[Iran–Contra affair]]<ref>[https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters (Walsh Report)] March 2010.</ref>
* The [[Luzhniki disaster#Media coverage|Luzhniki disaster]]<ref>{{cite news |title='82 Moscow Soccer Tragedy Is Exposed |first=Andrew |last=Katell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-10-sp-2558-story.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=10 July 1989 |access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
* The [[Chernobyl disaster]]<ref name="schmemann19860429">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0426.html |title=Soviet Announces Nuclear Accident at Electric Plant |newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 April 1986 |access-date=26 April 2014 |last=Schmemann |first=Serge |page=A1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427011434/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0426.html |archive-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[My Lai massacre]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Doug Linder |url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYL_Peers.htm |title=The Peers Report on the My Lai Massacre |publisher=Law.umkc.edu |access-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115153853/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/MYL_Peers.htm |archive-date=15 November 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Roman Catholic sex abuse cases]] of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories/013102_priests.htm |title=Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church / Scandal and coverup |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=31 January 2002 |access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
* The [[Watergate scandal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/tapes/watergate/wspf/741-002.pdf |title=TRANSCRIPT OF A RECORDING OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND H.R. HALDEMAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE ON JUNE 23, 1972 FROM 10:04 TO 11:39 AM - Watergate Special Prosecution Force |access-date=13 March 2012 |archive-date=28 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528003941/http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/tapes/watergate/wspf/741-002.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Doping in Russia|Russian doping scandals]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/dec/09/mclaren-report-into-doping-in-sport-part-two-live |title=McLaren report: more than 1,000 Russian athletes involved in doping conspiracy |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Lawrence |last=Ostlere |date=9 December 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal]]