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His cure was nothing but quackery.
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But the thought of a person who spreads the kind of dishonesty, quackery and junk science that Kennedy habitually does — especially about our precious kiddos — is nothing short of stomach churning.
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
He was born rich, got richer, and then went bust, ending his business career in stock fraud and medical quackery.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet medical quackery continues to exist in various forms, and the spread of misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is among the most timely and notable examples.
—Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
He was born rich, got richer, and then went bust, ending his business career in stock fraud and medical quackery.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Yet medical quackery continues to exist in various forms, and the spread of misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is among the most timely and notable examples.
—Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quackery. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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quackery
noun
quack·ery
ˈkwak-(ə-)rē 
: the practices or claims of a quack
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