A tenured Physics prof. at CalTech--once their Provost-- ended up being a critic of climate change science (which was not his area). His criticism, though refuted by scientists in that field, made him a darling of deniers, and he pushed his ideas at the highest levels.
Every area of study has critics. Not all have valid criticisms.
It is unclear if her paper has the errors, or the reporting about her paper. Regardless, with *two* of the *five* claims simply wrong, it calls into question what is going on with that paper/reporting about it.
