Scandal
200 Professors Are Demanding USC's President Resign Amid A Gynecologist Abuse Scandal
Dr. George Tyndall allegedly inappropriately touched students and made sexually and racially discriminatory comments.
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos
In Creating “Scandal” And Olivia Pope, Shonda Rhimes Changed The TV Landscape
“In order for Olivia Pope to work and to succeed ... she had to get to be as three-dimensional and as messed up and bad or good or smart or interesting as the Walter Whites of the world got to be,” said creator Shonda Rhimes.
Sylvia Obell
This New Film Is Resurrecting Ted Kennedy’s Darkest Scandal
"It is a damning portrait because there's no other way to tell it," Chappaquiddick director John Curran told BuzzFeed News.
Adam B. Vary
Morning Update: Facebook's Data Harvesting Scandal Somehow Got Worse
An Instagram model was charged with trafficking MDMA, the Duffer Brothers were accused of stealing Stranger Things. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, April 5.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
A UK Privacy Watchdog Is Searching Cambridge Analytica's Office As Its Scandal Fallout Deepens
"Please can I be absolutely clear: we did not use any GSR data in the work we did in the 2016 US presidential election," Cambridge Analytica acting CEO Alexander Tayler said in an email to press.
Alex Kantrowitz
A Facebook User Just Sued Over The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
A Maryland woman said she was targeted by political ads on Facebook in the 2016 election.
Lam Thuy Vo
Mark Zuckerberg Finally Addressed Facebook's Cambridge Analytica Scandal
"This was a breach of trust," Zuckerberg said.
Alex Kantrowitz
Scandal May See Cambridge Analytica Shut Out Of Brazil, One The Biggest Elections This Year
The Brazilian company — which partnered with Cambridge Analytica in 2017 — denied having knowledge of illegal conduct by the British firm.
Mauro Albano
How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy
Felix Sater has been cast as a Russian mafioso, a career criminal, and a key business associate of President Donald Trump's — but he spent more than two decades as an intelligence asset who helped the US government track terrorists and mobsters. “Greed is my go-to weapon.”
Anthony Cormier
Leading Skeptic Group Suspends Ties To Physicist Lawrence Krauss After Sexual Harassment Scandal
The Center for Inquiry has distanced itself from star speaker Lawrence Krauss “pending further information,” 11 days after BuzzFeed News revealed a long history of accusations against him.
Peter Aldhous
This Is The Absolute Craziest Russian Scandal That You've Probably Never Heard Of
This Russian woman was revealed to be at the heart of a scandal involving a billionaire and a politician. Now she wants to get out of a Thai prison to get asylum in the US.
Hayes Brown
US Olympic Committee Chief Steps Down Following Larry Nassar Sexual Abuse Scandal
Scott Blackmun, who has led the US Olympic Committee since 2010, is the latest official to step down over the organization's handling of abuse allegations against the US gymnastics team doctor.
Brianna Sacks
Hope Hicks Has Been Able To Spin Every White House Scandal Except Her Own
The communications director has survived the storms of the Trump White House by doing what PR gurus do best: never, ever making the story about you. Until now.
Anne Helen Petersen
Having Trouble Following The Rob Porter Scandal? This Timeline Will Help.
President Trump’s top aides have struggled to clearly explain their response to questions about Rob Porter, making it confusing for the American people. Here’s what the public learned in chronological order.
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos
Country Music Has Found Its Weinstein Scandal. So Why Hasn’t There Been A Reckoning?
Three more people have accused country music publicist Kirt Webster of sexually harassing employees, putting the number of people who have spoken out at over two dozen. But saying #MeToo has changed little for victims in Nashville.
Ariane Lange
The US Olympics Committee Says Its CEO Did "The Right Thing" Handling The Larry Nassar Abuse Scandal
"We think that he did what he was supposed to do and did the right thing at every turn,” US Olympic Committee Chair Larry Probst said of under-fire CEO Scott Blackmun.
Rose Troup Buchanan
Astrophysicist Christian Ott Was Just Fired From His New Job In Finland After Harassment Scandal
The decision came after Finnish astronomers circulated an open letter. "Harassment or discrimination threaten our community and our way of working together. They have no place here," it said.
Azeen Ghorayshi
Congress Is Now Investigating US Sports Organizations After The Larry Nassar Sex Abuse Scandal
The House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to USA Gymnastics, the US Olympic Committee, and Michigan State University.
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos
Michigan State University President Resigns In Wake Of Larry Nassar Sex Abuse Scandal
On Friday the school's athletic director resigned.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke
USA Gymnastics Executives Resign Amid Sex Abuse Scandal Involving Former Team Doctor
Gymnasts have called out the organization for not protecting them from Larry Nassar, the organization's former doctor who pleaded guilty to abusing young athletes in his care.
Blake Montgomery
Opinion: We Need To Be A Lot Angrier About The Larry Nassar Scandal
How is this not a bigger scandal? Perhaps because most people only care about gymnastics once every four years — and all the victims were girls and women.
Jessica Luther
Is The Stormy Daniels Story The End Of The Sex Scandal — Or The Quiet Before The Storm?
A shell-shocked nation yawns.
Tarini Parti
Octavia Spencer Defended Michelle Williams Over The Mark Wahlberg Pay Scandal
"I am about to say something that will likely ruffle feathers."
Michael Blackmon
Shonda Rhimes Just Confirmed A "Scandal" And "How To Get Away With Murder" Crossover And People Are HERE For It
Kerry Washington and Viola Davis in the same episode? Count me in!
Michael Blackmon
Former Fox Host Gretchen Carlson To Lead Miss America Board Following Email Scandal
Carlson takes over less than two weeks after a scandal over derogatory emails prompted the resignations of the pageant's CEO, president, and board chair.
Jim Dalrymple II
How the Weinstein Revelations Became Hollywood's Biggest Scandal in 95 Years
Our greatest scandals speak truth to the lies we tell ourselves. Weinstein shattered the myth of Hollywood progressiveness and transparency — and the ever-weakening fiction of societal gender equality.
Anne Helen Petersen
Ben Affleck Made A Comment About The Hollywood Sexual Assault Scandal In An Interview And People Are Pissed
"You following the news?"
Rachael Krishna
Fallout Continues For Louis C.K. After Masturbation Scandal
The distributor has decided not to release the film, after women told the New York Times the comedian masturbated in front of them.
Marcus Jones
Uma Thurman's Viral Response To The Weinstein Scandal Is Incredibly Raw
A video of the actor speaking to Access Hollywood in October is gaining new attention after being tweeted by Asia Argento.
Morgan Shanahan
Facebook's Russian Ad Scandal Hasn't Fazed Advertisers
“For better or worse, one key takeaway from this is how effective Facebook can be as an advertising medium."
Alex Kantrowitz
