Białystok scandal

The Białystok scandal was an major incident during the First Tiberium War. During the event, GDI was accused of commiting attrocity of slaughtering the town of Białystok.

History
The scandal began with worlwide news reports by WNN reporter Greg Burdette. In an apprently real and live report, Burdette was seen in the ruined Białystok. Burdette accused GDI and it's Commander Mark Jamison Sheppard of commiting a massacre of the town for Tiberium sumgling. The report caused a a global outrage. As a result, the United Nations cut the finanical support from GDI while they conducted an inquiry. General Sheppard made an public appearance trying to dismiss tohe claims.

It was latter revealed that the report was a fake, part of a plan by Kane. The real destruction of Bialstok was commited by Nod forces. Burette was revealed to be a Nod colaborator who lied to the international world about the masssacre.

Aftermath
Although Kane's plan appeared to succeed, the United Nations Security Council was already convinced by GDI's innocence in the scandal. Using their appearant weakness, GDI managed to turn the tables on Nod. Greg Buredtte's career was finished as the public no longer trusted the reporter. WNN also suffered from the public report, with the bpublic blacklash eventually shuting down the news agency.