I’ve come to believe that it’s actually also quite cunning. If they omit the name in a way that nobody notices, reader will be unable to find out any information for themselves, and will therefore not expose any factual errors in the article.
Not sure if this is conscious cunning by the BBC, but they probably employ people whose skillset and style is shaped by the “writing for the web” industry - and we know that the modern web is a cattle ranch. Got to keep the animals inside the funnel, pointing in the right direction.
I’ve come to believe that it’s actually also quite cunning. If they omit the name in a way that nobody notices, reader will be unable to find out any information for themselves, and will therefore not expose any factual errors in the article.