[blueskin_]

>it's a poorly written article.

It's the BBC, so I'd say it's an averagely written article in their context.

[ris]

It's by Jonathan Amos, who generally knows his stuff and whose articles are usually well above most bbc tech articles in quality. It's an unfortunately worded paragraph I'd say.

[blueskin_]

Well, I suppose 'poor' is above 'awful'.