I didn't say that they are.
My point is that, whether it's intentional or not, or a "conspiracy", which like you I don't believe it is, its just as damaging. Regardless of whether there is an agenda, that piece is, in my view "scaremongering". If you're parent, that is terrifying and it isn't true. It's also something that is clearly going to get a lot of traction. My opinion is that the individual journalists looking for stories to report, are very well aware of that and the need to be relevant amongst the mountains of news pumped out every day across TV and social media.
The reality is, this is no better that the garbage you're referring to above, and if anything, plays into the hands of the nuggets on Twitter and other platforms who now have a voice. They can point to that and say "See, the BBC are lying to you" and that can't be good for anyone.
If you're going to criticise the people you are criticising you have to criticise the BBC for shit like this. You can't give them a free pass.