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Kolndom Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Scandals

Here is a issue topic: Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.

Does the word "scandals" mean a FALSE report maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person?

Are scandals always FALSE?

I do not quite understand this issue. Would u please offer me some views toward this issue topic?

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Top answer

I don't think they're always false. No offense to anybody, but isn't the Watergate affair" a scandal? Or wasn't, rather.

— Pieanne

  • I don't think they're always false.
  • No offense to anybody, but isn't the Watergate affair" a scandal?
  • Or wasn't, rather.
  • On the other hand, many paparazzi start false ones...
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I don't think they're always false. No offense to anybody, but isn't the Watergate affair" a scandal? Or wasn't, rather. On the other hand, many paparazzi start false ones...
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As Pieanne mentioned, scandals can be either true or false information. Your text implies that if people continue to talk about something, for example a corruption in the government, can absorb more public attention and result in investigation,.... So, scandals sometimes could give a better result than if for example a speech made by a person in the opposite party, ... Hope that it helps.
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A "scandal" often brings malpractice to light suddenly and unexpectedly, and puts it on the front pages of the newspapers before governments or institutions have had a chance to coordinate their official response. Different ministers etc are then interviewed, and may give different answers to the same question. This allows journalists to prise open the story.

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