Who's Erin Reed? Sounds like she has an axe to grind. Always watch out for articles with a whole lot of editorializing. Like how she called Eric Kaufman "far right". Is he? I don't know. Most professors these days are far left, and that is not an editorialization, that is just a fact.
It would trust her rebuttal because it's too one sided.
Find someone who doesn't have to embellish their "facts".