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== Video Games ==
* Scandal involving an ''[[EVE Online]]'' CSM member using privied information to invest in certain market materials was dubbed "Larkonis Gate" after the member's name. He was then forced to step down Nixon-style.
* Bulletstormgate: A [[Fox News]] article<ref>Particularly, an attributed quote from a psychiatrist in the article.</ref> suggesting that the game ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' would encourage rape has lead to [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/15/bulletstormgate-lieberman-offers-evidence/ backlash from the video game community.]
* In the [[Batman: Arkham Knight]] City Stories:
** The Riddler tries to create an internet scandal against Batman, using #CrusaderGate. This did not work well for him. It appears that even Gotham's most nastiest internet trolls would not go after the Cape Crusader.
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* Gloria-gate: More known in the Philippines as "Hello Garci". This refers to the implication of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo interfering in the 2004 national elections, judging by her being in contact with an official of the Commission on Elections during the vote counting. A recording of the conversation (from a wire-tap) was released to the public, sparking massive outrages, protests, and a clamor for former President Arroyo's opponent in that election, Fernando Poe Junior, to be declared as the winner of the election.
* [[Repetitive Name|Gate Gate]], a minor example in the UK. A problem with a style of gate led to a minor problem with hikers who struggled walking. It's since long been forgotten by anybody who didn't watch [[Have I Got News for You]].
* [[Gamergate]]: A scandal named after a conflict regarding ethics in gaming journalism. It is still-ongoing consumer revolt, link: http://thisisvideogames.com/gamergatewiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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