His scholarship should be viewed in the broader context with all his other achievements, tn continually focus on one aspect of his achievements in a negative way, illustrates the negativity of the person posting.
all scholarship should be questioned, in the same way that all propaganda and foreign news should be questioned.
I never had blind faith in anything ALLlotd said as regards his scholastic writings, neither would i have regarded him as someone to listen to as regards style of singing, I find the singing of Lizzie Higgins much more captivating[ personal taste]
But imo his overall contribution to the uk folk revival is more important than the weakness of some of his scholastic writing