Perhaps tin foil celebs like Ms Atkisson get called the things they do because the shoe fits.
Oh, darn. It sounded to me like she's had a pretty remarkable career full of achievements. But Timebandit, anonymous Babble poster, says she's a right wing tin-foil hatter, so that must be what she is.
ETA: right wing celebrity tin-foil hatter. (Which is even worse. Because celebrity is just so... ugh.)