Standards, or the lack thereof

There was a time when the BBC was a byword for excellence in reporting news. Diction would be precise, reportage would be factual, to the point, always in the third person and impartial. Written work would be grammatically correct. However, it seems that things have changed. And the culprit? The interwebnet.

Read this article on the Buncefield fuel depot fire which occurred in Hertfordshire (UK) last December. Notice something odd about it? That's right, the author feels the need to tell us that Hertfordshire Oil Storage Limited (the company that runs the depot) is a joint venture between Total and Texaco, not once, not twice but three times in the space of a few hundred words.
Either the person responsible for this article is stupid, or they were under the influence of some substance or other. But even then, why was it not checked by an editor? I noticed the mistake within seconds of starting to read the article, so why didn't they? This kind of sloppy, lax rubbish erodes a reputation already tarnished by a written style that is becoming more like a tabloid newspaper by the day. Why on earth do they feel the need to have a new paragraph every 3 lines? Is it some kind of corporate rule? It's a shame as it ruins the enjoyment, if that's the right word, I get from keeping up to date using the BBC as now I know it can no longer claim to be one of the best news casters in the world, and therefore, by extension, another little bit of the greatness in Great Britain dies.