Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
Scandals sometimes can be useful to the society as it helps to elicit diverse opinions on an issue. People tend to voice their thoughts in a scandal that ordinarily, they would not have bothered to offer any view if they were asked to discuss such issues. However, scandal can be damaging some other times especially when they are masterminded for selfish purposes.
During the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky sex scandal of Jan 26, 1998, different people offered different views. Some school of thought argued that the president's private affairs should be left private, while others considered i...
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