She's not a crank. Everything she says is backed up by quite a bit of research (both her own, interviews and works cited). She's published books so good they're being banned from most stores and retailers refuse to sell them. (Books that are being burned are often filled with truths that religious people don't want you to even consider. To paraphrase RR Martin, If you rip out a man's tongue, you do not prove him wrong, only that you're afraid of what he has to say.)

You might not like her or agree with her, but she's done the ground work, the interviews and published her work. She's not a crank.