Three Top Scandals of 2006: Frey, Foley and Gibson

The year’s not over and we very well may have a media blitz about some more dirty dealings and scandalous behavior, but what do you think will be the three top scandals you will most remember from this year?  Here are the ones that I can think of so far:

Remember the James Frey scandal back in January? The Smoking Gun published an article on its website that Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces was a fraud. The book had already made millions thanks to being chosen as the September 2005 Oprah book club selection. Oprah went on Larry King initially to defend the book and its author. Not too long after that, a repentant and miserable James Frey appeared on Oprah to apologize for what he had previously defended, taking liberties - a lot of liberties - with the truth. The talk show queen also apologized for leaving the impression that the truth is not important in her statement on Larry King Live when she said what mattered about Frey's memoir was its value as a therapeutic tool for addicts, and not whether it was true. Oprah recanted, "I left the impression that the truth is not important." I don’t know about this one. Yes, totally fabricating and embellishing parts of a memoir and passing it off as true is scandalous, but at least James Frey wrote it. Should this be one of the top scandals?